Willow Grove Primary School
Primary · Free schools · Mixed · Bedford
Fisherswood Road, Wixams, MK45 3TE
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
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No graded inspection
Application demand
76%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
96.4%
7.4% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
104
Capacity used
Has space12%
840 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Primary entry · official council applications and offers
76%
1st preference success rate
29 of 38 families who put it first got an offer
30
Places offered
81
Total applications
2.7
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 38 | 29 | ● 76% |
| 2nd preference | 26 | 1 | ● 4% |
| 3rd preference | 17 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 81 | 30 | 37% |
Bedford lets families list 4 preferences. 31 applications came from outside the council area (19 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Lisa Kennedy
- Address
- Fisherswood Road, Wixams, MK45 3TE
- Phone
- 07342170222
- Local authority
- Bedford
- Ward / constituency
- Wixams & Wilstead · Mid Bedfordshire
- Area
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 150796
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 14% | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | — | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: KINGSBRIDGE EDUCATIONAL TRUST
104 pupils · 840 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
No state-school Ofsted inspection on record (independent schools are often inspected by ISI).
View all Ofsted reportsAttendance
2024/2025 school year · 27 pupils
Attendance
96.4%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
3.6%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
7.4%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
0.0%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.0%
Absences the school didn't approve
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.