Pinchmill Primary School
Ofsted: Not judgedFoundation school · Primary
Bedford · MK43 7JD · Bedford
Ages 2–11
- Absence3.6%
- FSM14.0%
- Demand1.00
1.1 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: GoodURN 139510
Sharnbrook Primary
Academy converter · Bedford · MK44 1PF
Ages 3–11 · 216 pupils · Bedford
Ofsted
Good
KS2 expected (RWM)
80%
Overall absence
4.1%
Admissions demand
1.00 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Good
Inspection date
2024-06-12
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)80%
Higher standard (RWM)10%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 110.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 106.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 109.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence4.1%
Persistent absence (10%+)7.8%
Unauthorised0.6%
- Authorised absence
- 3.5%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.6%
- Enrolments in measure
- 180
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
1.00 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
24
Places offered
24
1st-preference offers
24
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 37
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 24
- Applications from outside LA
- 6
- 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 fill103%
216 pupils · 210 places
- Pupils on roll
- 216
- Boys / girls
- 114 / 102
- School capacity
- 210
- Capacity fill
- 216 / 210 (103%)
- Free school meals
- 13.5%
- FSM pupils
- 26
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 3–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: SHARNBROOK PRIMARY
- Academy trust
- SHARNBROOK PRIMARY
- Headteacher
- Mrs Hannah Bennett
Location
- Address
- High Street, Sharnbrook
- Postcode
- MK44 1PF
- Town
- Bedford
- County
- Bedfordshire
- Local authority
- Bedford
- District
- Bedford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire
- Urban/rural
- Larger 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 academy converter (primary), Ages 3–11, in Bedford, Bedford, 216 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 13.5%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Milton Ernest CofE Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodVoluntary controlled school · Primary
Bedford · MK44 1RF · Bedford
Ages 4–11
- Absence5.0%
- FSM7.5%
- Demand1.00
2.6 miles away
Sharnbrook Academy
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Secondary
Bedford · MK44 1JL · Bedford
Ages 11–18
- Att851.1
- P80.2
- EM5+54%
- Absence8.5%
0.7 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Hannah Bennett
- Telephone
- 01234781328