Castle Newnham School
All-through schoolCastle Newnham School is a all-through school in Bedford, for pupils aged 4 to 16. It had 624 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection
- Report card, 17 March 2026
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Post-16 provision
- Not applicable
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 67% of pupils at Castle Newnham School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 57% in Bedford and 62% in England.
8% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Bedford | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 67% | 57% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 8% | 3% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106 | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105 | 103 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Bedford | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | Does not apply to this school | 44.1 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 41.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 62% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 0 | – | – |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Bedford SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file690 m
- St John Rigby Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), September 2023. 49% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)720 m
- Goldington AcademySecondary. Report card, May 2026: safeguarding met. Attainment 8 of 52.0 (2025/26, provisional)850 m
- Bedford Girls' SchoolIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file950 m
- Bedford Free SchoolSecondary. Standards maintained, April 2025. Attainment 8 of 51.0 (2025/26, provisional)1.2 km
- Bedford CollegeSixth form and further education. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file1.2 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Bedford
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).