Shortstown Primary School

Academy converter · Primary school · Bedford, Bedford

MK42 0GS

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2024–25 dataLast updated 19 May 2026

Composite score ?

39.0

Simplified comparison — how this is calculated. A higher score doesn’t mean a better school for every child.

#10,801

National rank

#1185

In East of England

#30

In Bedford

Top 76%

Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM ?

60%

% achieving higher RWM ?

Reading average scaled score ?

104.0

National avg ≈ 105

Maths average scaled score ?

105.0

National avg ≈ 104

Reading progress ?

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Why no data?

Maths progress

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Why no data?

% RWM expected (year-on-year) 45% → 60% ▲ 15.0 pts

School profile

Pupils on roll 488 % FSM ever-6 27.1% % EAL 23.4% Age range 2–11 Gender Mixed Religious character

Official sources

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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

Location

Nearby primary schools

Elstow School Bedford · 0.8 mi 53.9 Cotton End Forest School Bedford · 1.0 mi 50.1 King's Oak Primary School Bedford · 1.3 mi 42.0 Shackleton Primary School Bedford · 1.6 mi 35.1 Sheerhatch Primary School Bedford · 2.0 mi 32.5 Wixams Tree Primary Academy Bedford · 2.1 mi 53.0 Goldington Green Academy Bedford · 2.2 mi 40.3 Cauldwell School Bedford · 2.2 mi 50.4