Pinchmill Primary School

BedfordFoundation school

The Old Road, Felmersham, Bedford, MK43 7JD

Headteacher: Mrs Victoria BaileySchool website ↗Pupils: 84 (capacity: 105)Part of North Bedfordshire Schools Trust (NBST)
Ofsted inspected
Inspected May 2025
29%
Reading, Writing & Maths
inspected
Inspected May 2025
100%
First-choice offer rate

Latest data: 2024/25

Ofsted RatingInspected 20 May 2025Full report ↗

Not rated

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.

Quality of Teaching
Requires Improvement
Behaviour in School
Good
Pupils' Wider Development
Good
School Leadership
Good

SATs Results (2024/25)

End-of-primary-school tests taken by Year 6 pupils. National averages shown for comparison.

Reading, Writing & Maths combinedReading, Writing & Maths% of pupils achieving the expected standard in all three subjects at age 11The national average is around 60%. Higher means more pupils reached the expected level.
29.0%
Exceeding expected level (Reading, Writing & Maths)Higher Standard — Reading, Writing & Maths% of pupils exceeding the expected level in all three subjectsA more demanding threshold. The national average is around 8%.
0.0%
Why is combined lower? A pupil is only counted if they met the bar in all three subjects. Some passed reading but not writing; some passed writing but not maths.
Reading 43%·Writing 29%·Maths 43%All three 29%
Reading
Expected43%
Exceeding0%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
Expected29%
Exceeding0%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
Expected43%
Exceeding0%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Expected standard
Exceeding / high score
National average

How Hard to Get Into This School (2025/26)

This school is not oversubscribed.
Supply meets demand.
How many places were offered?
6
How many families wanted this school first?
6
How many got their first choice?
6of 6 (100.0%)
How many applied in total?
14

Pupils & Inclusion

Eligible for pupil premium
14.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
0.0%
Pupils receiving SEN supportSEN Support% of pupils receiving SEN (Special Educational Needs) support without a formal planThese pupils need extra help but do not yet have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
86.0%
Boys and girls
57%girls·43%boys
48 girls, 36 boys

Location

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Results Over Time

→ Peaked at 78% (2018/19), currently 29%

* No data for 2019/20 or 2020/21 — national assessments were cancelled due to COVID-19.

Progress scores (Reading, Writing, Maths) are hidden by default — click them in the legend to show.

View raw year-by-year data
YearReading, Writing & Maths (expected %)Exceeding expected (%)Reading ProgressWriting ProgressMaths Progress
2016/17-----
2017/18-----
2018/1978.0%0.0%-3.8-1.5-3.9
2022/2329.0%0.0%-4.8-3.6-6.1
2023/24-----
2024/2529.0%0.0%---
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