King's Oak Primary School | School performance

61%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

868

Pupils · 2024/25

62%

EAL · 2024/25

19%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

61%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

868

Pupils · 2024/25

62%

EAL · 2024/25

19%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

61%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

868

Pupils · 2024/25

62%

EAL · 2024/25

19%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 11/01/2022

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authorityBedford

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio21.6:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterDoes not apply

StatusOpen

Overview of King's Oak Primary School · Primary · Bedford

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

61%

+2pp

61%47%32%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 61%

RWM higher standard

0pp

6%4%1%

'18'19'23'24'25

'25 · 2%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

73%

Reading higher standard

34%

Writing expected standard

78%

Writing higher standard

Maths expected standard

71%

Maths higher standard

20%

Science expected standard

76%

SPAG expected standard

70%

SPAG higher standard

28%

Reading scaled score

104.0

Maths scaled score

104.0

GPS scaled score

104.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

868

Pupil : teacher ratio

21.6

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

62%

FSM eligible

42%

SEN

19%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

19%

Contact

Address

Oak Road, Bedford, MK42 0HH

Local authority

Bedford

Website

http://www.kingsoakprimary.co.uk

Telephone

01234220480

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	61%	2%	73%	34%	78%	2%	71%	20%	76%	70%	104.0	104.0	104.0	—	—	—	19%	868
2023/24	59%	2%	72%	14%	77%	8%	69%	11%	82%	69%	103.0	102.0	104.0	—	—	—	15%	849
2022/23	54%	6%	64%	23%	70%	9%	68%	17%	78%	68%	103.0	102.0	104.0	+3.50	+4.70	+3.50	14%	767
2018/19	35%	2%	46%	12%	61%	11%	61%	7%	57%	59%	98.0	101.0	100.0	-5.10	-3.10	-3.90	18%	878
2017/18	32%	1%	48%	10%	63%	2%	50%	5%	61%	49%	100.0	99.0	101.0	-4.70	-4.70	-5.10	11%	907
2016/17	34%	0%	44%	4%	58%	0%	53%	4%	68%	52%	98.0	99.0	100.0	-6.40	-7.30	-5.50	8%	907

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	868	23.9	19%	62%	42%	6%	19%
2023/24	849	22.2	15%	61%	40%	6%	20%
2022/23	767	20.8	14%	58%	43%	8%	27%
2021/22	702	20.9	13%	55%	40%	7%	26%
2020/21	724	20.3	16%	54%	34%	—	—
2018/19	878	22.6	18%	48%	35%	4%	9%
2017/18	907	25.2	11%	48%	34%	5%	14%
2016/17	907	28.0	8%	47%	36%	6%	19%