1Cauldwell School
Bedford · ages 4 to 11 · URN144528
415 pupils / 375 at St Joseph's Catholic Voluntary Academy2025/26 · Academic year
Remove from comparisonSources, Ofsted & match details
- Free school meals: 1.3 percentage points lower
- First language other than English: 3.9 percentage points lower
- SEND: 8.31 percentage points higher
- 40 more pupils
- Report card inspection · inspected 11 November 2025 · published 3 February 2026 · monthly file dated 30 September 2026
Safeguarding standards: Met; Inclusion: Strong standard; Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard; Achievement: Expected standard; Attendance and behaviour: Strong standard; Personal development and wellbeing: Strong standard; Early years: Needs attention; Leadership and governance: Expected standard
- Ungraded inspection (previous framework) · inspected 1 December 2021 · published 20 January 2022 · monthly file dated 30 September 2026
Outcome: School remains Good
Matching score and calculation
Score 0.03
Lower scores mean closer pupil context; scores are neither school ratings nor percentages.
- FSM eligible (current eligibility): difference 1.3 percentage points; weight 45%; contribution 0.01.
- First language other than English: difference 3.9 percentage points; weight 25%; contribution 0.01.
- SEN support and EHC plans (derived percentage): difference 8.31 percentage points; weight 20%; contribution 0.02.
- Total pupils: difference 40 pupils; weight 10%; contribution 0.01.
- region: no matching bonus; contribution 0.
- faith: no matching bonus; contribution 0.
- governance: same published context; contribution -0.01.