Springfield Primary School

Springfield Primary School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating in various domains including the quality of education, behaviour, personal development, leadership, and early years provision. The positive school culture fosters respectful relationships among pupils, who behave well and are eager to learn in a safe environment. Although the school is newly part of the Chiltern Learning Trust, it has shown a strong commitment to supporting individual pupil needs, particularly those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). The curriculum is well-designed, and pupils exhibit a genuine enthusiasm for reading.

Strengths

• Positive relationships flourish among pupils and staff.
• Pupils behave extremely well in and around the school.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs.
• Strong knowledge and teaching effectiveness of staff.
• High priority given to pupils' physical and mental health.
• Pupils develop love and excitement for reading.

Areas for Improvement

• In a few subjects, pupils do not develop the same depth of knowledge as in others.
• New curriculum implementation needs further support for full effectiveness.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Springfield Primary School attended 94.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 17.4% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 2.6% of pupils at Springfield Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Springfield Primary School had 19.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 7.9% of pupils at Springfield Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Springfield Primary School received £6,698 and spent £6,728 for each of its 378 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £223,000 (£591 per pupil).

Across all 19 schools of Chiltern Learning Trust, income was £7,910 and spending £7,771 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Bedford · Bedford local authority: places and applications

Springfield Primary School is part of Chiltern Learning Trust, which runs 21 schools. The nearest others:

• Daubeney Academy Bedford
• Kempston Academy Bedford
• Wootton Primary School Bedford
• Marston Vale Middle School Bedford
• Aspley Guise Village School Aspley Guise
• Lea Manor High School Luton
• Gilbert Inglefield Academy Leighton Buzzard
• Challney High School for Girls Luton
• Putteridge High School Luton
• Challney High School for Boys Luton

What is Springfield Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Springfield Primary School is Good, from an inspection in September 2022.

When was Springfield Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Springfield Primary School was last inspected in September 2022.

How many pupils does Springfield Primary School have?

Springfield Primary School has 365 pupils on roll.

What age range does Springfield Primary School cover?

Springfield Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Springfield Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 51% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Springfield Primary School?

Springfield Primary School is at Orchard Street, Kempston, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK42 7LJ.