Castle Newnham School

Ofsted

▲Good (2024) — Ungraded inspection — “School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next” (previous grade confirmed, not re-graded)

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 24 April 2024, published 18 June 2024. Read the full Ofsted report

England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.

Exam results

Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.

“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.

Will my child get in?

Usually has places available — 0.72 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)

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

• ●Goldington Academy 0.6 km · Most areas: Strong standard (2026)
• ●Bedford Free School 1.8 km · Outstanding (2020) · previous system
• ▲Mark Rutherford School 1.9 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2025)
• ▲St Thomas More Catholic School 1.9 km · Good (2023) · previous system
• ▲Bedford Academy 3 km · Good (2023) · previous system
• –Biddenham International School and Sports College 3.2 km · Standards maintained (2024)

Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.