Priory Primary School
Greyfriars, Bedford, MK40 1JD
214 pupils · 104% of 206 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Foundation school
- Ages
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- The Leap Community Trust
- Local authority
- Bedford
- Free school meals
- 26.2%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2024) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 5 November 2024, published 16 December 2024. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 50% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 0% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Oversubscribed — 1.57 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 28 | 44 | 98 | 28 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 26 | 44 | 92 | 26 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 26 | 46 | 105 | 26 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 26 | 44 | 92 | 26 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 26 | 36 | 86 | 26 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 28 | 49 | 81 | 28 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 27 | 39 | 82 | 27 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 26 | 35 | 84 | 26 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Livingstone Primary School 0.6 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Queen's Park Academy 1.1 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Edith Cavell Primary School 1.1 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Westfield Primary School 1.3 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary and Pre-School 1.3 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Great Ouse Primary Academy 1.3 km · Good (2022) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.