Gothic Mede Academy

Academy converter·First school Arlesey, Central Bedfordshire·SG15 6SL

School type

First school

Ages 3–9

Key Stage 2 performance

Gothic Mede Academy is a first school for pupils aged 3–9. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every first school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

34 first choices, 35 places

First choices per place

0.97

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 35 places

Applications from another council area

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.05

00.511.5

1 per place

0.9620220.9320230.9420240.9220250.972026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Gothic Mede Academy first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range: 3–9
Pupils on roll: 283
Gender: Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

17.4%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

3.9%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

20.1%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

7.4%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

5.5%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

13.5%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

27.7

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£7,377

Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

Nearby primary schools

Etonbury Academy Arlesey · 1.1 mi 51.7 Pix Brook Academy Stotfold · 1.4 mi 46.0 Derwent Primary School Henlow · 1.5 mi 57.7 Raynsford Church of England Academy Henlow · 1.8 mi 64.3 Clifton All Saints Academy Near Shefford · 2.5 mi 59.8 Meppershall Church of England Academy Shefford · 3.5 mi 19.5 Langford Village Academy Biggleswade · 3.6 mi 40.3 Robert Bloomfield Academy Shefford · 3.8 mi 30.8

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

School overview

Gothic Mede Academy is a primary school serving Arlesey, Central Bedfordshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 283 pupils aged 3 to 9 on roll.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Gothic Mede Academy their first choice was offered one of its 35 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.5%. There are about 27.7 pupils per teacher. Gothic Mede Academy does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.