Ofsted inspection · 12/10/2021
Overview of Shortstown Primary School · Primary · Bedford
How does this school perform?
Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2017/18
Subject breakdown
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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2024/25
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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 | 60% | 0% | 75% | 25% | 70% | 0% | 77% | 25% | 73% | 80% | 104.0 | 105.0 | 106.0 | — | — | — | 30% | 488 |
| 2023/24 | 45% | 0% | 67% | 23% | 60% | 0% | 62% | 13% | 67% | 70% | 103.0 | 101.0 | 104.0 | — | — | — | 32% | 480 |
| 2022/23 | 45% | 0% | 60% | 25% | 51% | 0% | 72% | 23% | 64% | 68% | 102.0 | 102.0 | 103.0 | +1.10 | -1.20 | +2.00 | 28% | 475 |
| 2018/19 | 58% | 3% | 66% | 24% | 71% | 3% | 71% | 16% | 82% | 66% | 102.0 | 103.0 | 102.0 | -2.00 | -2.50 | -2.00 | 29% | 457 |
| 2017/18 | 46% | 4% | 54% | 23% | 65% | 15% | 62% | 4% | 77% | 69% | 102.0 | 101.0 | 103.0 | -0.40 | +0.70 | -0.50 | — | 446 |
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.
Pupils & absence
| Year | Pupils | Pupil:teacher | SEN | EAL | FSM ever | Absence | Persistent absence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | 488 | 24.4 | 30% | 23% | 27% | 4% | 7% |
| 2023/24 | 480 | 23.8 | 32% | 24% | 25% | 4% | 10% |
| 2022/23 | 475 | 23.7 | 28% | 24% | 28% | 6% | 14% |
| 2021/22 | 469 | 33.0 | 32% | 24% | 28% | 6% | 14% |
| 2020/21 | 447 | 31.0 | 31% | 27% | 22% | — | — |
| 2018/19 | 457 | 23.8 | 29% | 29% | 26% | 3% | 5% |
| 2017/18 | — | 25.1 | — | — | — | 3% | 6% |
School performance data © Crown copyright. Source: Department for Education.