Ofsted: Good trending_up High Demand

St Andrew's CofE VC Primary School

verifiedData: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

personMrs Sue Rolfe

location_onBiggleswade, SG18 0LY

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Ofsted

Good

Inspected 2016

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Students

792

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Expected Standard

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Demand Ratio

1.8x

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St Andrew's CofE VC Primary School is a Voluntary controlled school primary school in Biggleswade, serving ages 4-11. Rated Good by Ofsted. Highly competitive: 1.8× more applications than places — plan well ahead.

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School Summary

St Andrew's CofE VC Primary School is a voluntary controlled school in Biggleswade, Central Bedfordshire, admitting pupils aged 4-11. The school has approximately 894 pupils on roll, of whom 10% are eligible for free school meals.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2016. The school's current overall rating is Good.

The school is oversubscribed — in the most recent cycle, there were 1.8× as many applications as places, making a successful application competitive.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 24.0:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2024/25 academic year, there was 1 permanent exclusion. The average suspension rate was 0.9 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2025

R/W/M Expected Standard

LA 50%

Reading-% LA 68%

Writing-% LA 62%

Maths-% LA 62%

Read SS

Maths SS

GPS SS

Progress (0 = national avg)

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2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

LA 49%England 61%

Reading-% LA 68% · Eng 74%

Writing-% LA 61% · Eng 72%

Maths-% LA 62% · Eng 73%

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Maths SS

GPS SS

Progress (0 = national avg)

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Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

18 November 2021

Inspection Report

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04 May 2016

Inspection Report

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28 March 2014

Inspection Report

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09 June 2011

Inspection Report

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29 November 2007

Inspection Report

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06 June 2005

Inspection Report

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Inspection History

3 Evaluations

2016-05-04

None Legacy

No Judgement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

Development

Leadership

2011-06-09

S5 Inspection Legacy

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

2007-11-29

None EIF

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

0.0%per term

sentiment_satisfied Below Average (Good)

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.0%(0 pupils)

Spring term 2025

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

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verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.225% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Spring term of 2025, this school served a headcount of 894 pupils. During this period, there were 0 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 0.0%, which is below the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg	Perm. Excl.
2024/25 (Spring term)	894	0	0.0%	0.8%	0
2024/25 (Autumn term)	911	17	1.9%	0.9%	1
2023/24 (Summer term)	819	2	0.2%	0.8%	0
2023/24 (Spring term)	824	4	0.5%	0.7%	0
2023/24 (Autumn term)	819	16	2.0%	0.8%	1
2022/23 (Summer term)	789	19	2.4%	0.7%	0
2022/23 (Spring term)	792	10	1.3%	0.6%	0
2022/23 (Autumn term)	793	7	0.9%	0.6%	0
2021/22 (Summer term)	776	3	0.4%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Spring term)	774	9	1.2%	0.5%	0
2021/22 (Autumn term)	773	2	0.3%	0.5%	0
2020/21 (Summer term)	755	8	1.1%	0.4%	0
2020/21 (Spring term)	761	0	0.0%	0.1%	0
2020/21 (Autumn term)	763	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Summer term)	751	1	0.1%	0.0%	0
2019/20 (Spring term)	751	3	0.4%	0.4%	0
2019/20 (Autumn term)	749	12	1.6%	0.6%	0
2018/19 (Summer term)	688	6	0.9%	0.4%	0
2018/19 (Spring term)	694	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2018/19 (Autumn term)	699	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Summer term)	656	1	0.2%	0.5%	0
2017/18 (Spring term)	653	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2017/18 (Autumn term)	643	0	0.0%	0.5%	0
2016/17 (Summer term)	592	0	0.0%	0.4%	0
2016/17 (Spring term)	590	6	1.0%	0.4%	1
2016/17 (Autumn term)	581	4	0.7%	0.5%	0

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Primary areas of need currently supported by the school. A high number often indicates specialized internal units or high staff experience in these areas.

Speech, Language & Communication 56 pupils

Social, Emotional & Mental Health 48 pupils

Moderate Learning Difficulty 23 pupils

Specific Learning Difficulty 11 pupils

Autistic Spectrum Disorder 10 pupils

Physical Disability 3 pupils

Hearing Impairment 2 pupils

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St Andrew's CofE VC Primary School

School Summary

Academic Performance

Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Inspection History

Admissions Insight

How Places Are Allocated

Faith Priority (Church of England)

Distance to School

School Capacity

Primary Admission Trends

Students & School Environment

School Size

Language Diversity

Inclusive Support

Attendance

Ethnicity Breakdown

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Supported Special Educational Needs (SEN)

Funding & Staffing

School Funding Allocation

Funding Breakdown

Staffing

Teacher Turnover

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