St Andrew's CofE VC Primary School, Biggleswade

Ofsted's report card from its 10 March 2026 inspection grades St Andrew's CofE VC Primary School on 7 areas: 4 expected standard and 3 needs attention. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Well-trained staff monitor attendance carefully."

Early years - Expected standard. "Children make a positive start to their schooling in early years."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "The school has a caring and supportive ethos."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "The school's personal, social, health and economic education curriculum is well established and meets statutory requirements."

Achievement - Needs attention. "Published outcomes are available for only the phonics screening check in Year 1 and the multiplication check in Year 4."

Curriculum and teaching - Needs attention. "There is significant variation in the quality of teaching across the school."

Leadership and governance - Needs attention. "School leaders recognise that further work is needed to establish greater consistency in teaching and learning across the school."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders, including governors, should ensure they act quickly and effectively to implement the necessary changes so they make timely and sustained improvements to teaching and pupils' achievement"; "Leaders should ensure that staff have the expertise to address gaps in pupils' knowledge effectively, particularly in the key foundations of learning, including pupils' transcriptional writing skills"; "Leaders should ensure that staff receive targeted training and support to strengthen their expertise and pedagogical approaches so they can deliver the curriculum successfully across all subjects"; "Leaders and governors need to further engage the school community, including parents and carers, to ensure they feel fully informed and valued as part of school life".

In its own words: "We have 12 values that we try to use in our everyday lives and particularly in our work. We believe teaching children the idea of values is a crucial part of their education and development."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include netball, gymnastics, swimming and multi-sports.

The school runs after-school care.

For September 2026 entry, 45 families put St Andrew's CofE VC Primary School as their first choice and 143 named it as one of their preferences, for 57 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to St Andrew's CofE VC Primary School are Lawnside Academy (0.4 miles, Good); Biggleswade Academy (0.9 miles, Good, 76% reading, 75% maths); Caldecote Church of England Academy (1.4 miles, Good); and Langford Village Academy (2.1 miles, Good, 76% reading, 67% maths).

103 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about St Andrew's CofE VC Primary School (as of April 2026): 61% would recommend the school, 75% say their child is happy there and 24% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child is happy at the school (75%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (24%).

12.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 4% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (80%) and Mixed (8%).

St Andrew's CofE VC Primary School has a resourced provision for speech, language and communication needs: 8 places, 3 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Biggleswade Rail Station, about 660 metres away (roughly a 8-minute walk).

17 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Sun Street (nw-bound), 150 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 113 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Central Bedfordshire (47), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, St Andrew's CofE VC Primary School issued 17 suspensions, 1.9 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The secondary schools closest to St Andrew's CofE VC Primary School are Stratton School (0.7 miles) and Edward Peake CofE VC School (0.8 miles).