St James' Church of England VA Primary School, Bedford

Disadvantaged pupils (%)

Ethnic minority pupils (%)

Percentages of all pupils on roll in 2021. Local figures represent the aggregate pupil populations of the ten closest nearby schools.

St James' Church of England VA Primary School

Main Road, Biddenham, Bedford MK40 4BD

https://www.stjamesprimary.org.uk/

St James' Church of England VA Primary School is a Church of England primary school maintained by the local authority (Bedford). It has about 180 boys and girls aged between 5 and 11. In January 2017 the school was rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted.

Particular strengths include Attendance, Environment, Finances and Progress. Relative weaknesses include Representation.

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Other schools nearby

Overall scores for nearby schools are shown. Hover over the circles to see school names; click on them to go the corresponding school pages. Use the button on the left to personalise these scores based on your own priorities.

Distance (miles)	Score	Name
0.7		Westfield Primary School
0.7		Great Denham Primary School
0.7		St Joseph's and St Gregory's Catholic Primary School
0.7		Great Ouse Primary Academy
0.9		Queen's Park Academy
1.2		Bromham CofE Primary School
1.4		Priory Primary School
1.4		Livingstone Primary School
1.4		Bedford Road Primary School
1.4		Edith Cavell Primary School
1.6		Cauldwell School
1.7		Ursula Taylor Church of England School

Overall scores for nearby schools are shown. Click on school names to go their corresponding pages. Use the button on the left to personalise these scores based on your own priorities.

Attendance: Excellent. Pupil absence rates and the incidence of persistent absence are both very low.

Environment: Excellent. Air pollution and traffic accidents are very low, while crime is roughly average.

Finances: Above average. The school budget has been roughly in balance

Progress: Above average. Progress in maths is about average, in reading it is excellent and in writing it is below average. (This takes into account pupils' prior performance. For actual grades, see Attainment.)

Admissions: About average. The occupancy rate and offer rate are both very low.

Attainment: About average. Maths attainment is below average, reading is about average and GPS (grammar, punctuation and spelling) is about average. (This doesn't take into account pupils' prior performance. For that, see Progress.)

Representation: Slightly out of balance. The socio-economic mix is slightly out of balance with the local community, while ethnic representation is out of balance with the local community.

Disadvantaged pupils: There is no information about the progress of disadvantaged pupils.

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