Riseley CofE Primary School
Ofsted: GoodVoluntary aided school · Primary
Bedford · MK44 1DR · Bedford
Ages 3–11
- KS246%
- Absence4.1%
- FSM9.2%
- Demand1.00
2.7 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: Expected standardURN 109443
Eileen Wade Primary School
Foundation school · Huntingdon · PE28 0ND
Ages 4–11 · 70 pupils · Bedford
Ofsted
Expected standard
KS2 expected (RWM)
77%
Overall absence
3.9%
Admissions demand
0.83 · Often has places
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Expected standard
Inspection date
2025-12-02
- AchievementExpected standard
- Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
- InclusionExpected standard
- Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
- Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
Safeguarding standards: Met
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)77%
Higher standard (RWM)0%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 104.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 103.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence3.9%
Persistent absence (10%+)7.6%
Unauthorised0.8%
- Authorised absence
- 3.1%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.0%
- Enrolments in measure
- 66
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.83 · Often has places
1st preferences
5
Places offered
6
1st-preference offers
5
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 19
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 6
- Applications from outside LA
- 9
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 4
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill100%
70 pupils · 70 places
- Pupils on roll
- 70
- Boys / girls
- 28 / 42
- School capacity
- 70
- Capacity fill
- 70 / 70 (100%)
- Free school meals
- 14.3%
- FSM pupils
- 10
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Foundation school
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: North Bedfordshire Schools Trust (NBST)
- Academy trust
- North Bedfordshire Schools Trust (NBST)
- Federation
- Federation of Eileen Wade and Milton Ernest CoE Primary Schools
- Headteacher
- Mrs Lisa Virnuls
Location
- Address
- High Street, Upper Dean
- Postcode
- PE28 0ND
- Town
- Huntingdon
- County
- Cambridgeshire
- Local authority
- Bedford
- District
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire
- Urban/rural
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed foundation school (primary), Ages 4–11, in Huntingdon, Bedford, 70 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 14.3%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Lisa Virnuls
- Telephone
- 01234708260