Langford Village Academy

Academy sponsor led·Primary school Biggleswade, Central Bedfordshire·SG18 9QA
Composite score
40.3
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National rank
#1176
In East of England
#22
In Central Bedfordshire
Top 73%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
62%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
95%
40 first choices, 45 places
First choices per place
0.89
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
77
any preference, for 45 places
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.27
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9420221.0020231.0420241.1620250.892026

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

Central Bedfordshire does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Langford Village Academy. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

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

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
287
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
15.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
0.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.0%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
22.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
23.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,212
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Langford Village Academy at a glance

Located in Biggleswade, Central Bedfordshire, Langford Village Academy is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. The school educates roughly 287 pupils aged 4 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. 62% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 2.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 95% of the families who made Langford Village Academy their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. Overall pupil absence was 7.0%. There are about 23.9 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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.

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