Haynes Lower School
Foresters Close, Bedford, MK45 3PR
136 pupils · 113% of 120 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2–9
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Free school meals
- 6.2%
Ofsted
Good (2023) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system
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 3 July 2023, published 24 September 2023. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Will my child get in?
Oversubscribed — 1.5 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 24 | 36 | 59 | 24 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 18 | 20 | 38 | 18 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 24 | 25 | 39 | 24 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 23 | 23 | 34 | 23 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 21 | 20 | 38 | 21 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 19 | 19 | 30 | 19 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 24 | 23 | 34 | 24 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 15 | 15 | 28 | 15 |
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
- Cotton End Forest School 3.5 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Wilstead Primary School 3.9 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- St Mary's VA CofE Lower School 4.3 km · Most areas: Strong standard (2026)
- Southill Lower School 4.8 km · Most areas: Strong standard (2025)
- Campton Academy 4.9 km · Good (2023) · previous system
- Shefford Lower School 5 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · 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.