1Lark Rise Academy
Central Bedfordshire · ages 3 to 11 · URN136345
351 pupils / 346 at Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School and Nursery2025/26 · Academic year
Add to comparisonKS2 cohort: 40 eligible pupils. DfE KS2 · 2024/25 · Academic year · Final · source 2026-05-21
- Free school meals: 1.6 percentage points higher
- First language other than English: 2.8 percentage points lower
- SEND: 1.89 percentage points lower
- 5 more pupils
Sources, Ofsted & match details
- Graded inspection (previous framework) · inspected 11 March 2025 · published 28 April 2025 · monthly file dated 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Not judged; Quality of education: Outstanding; Behaviour and attitudes: Outstanding; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Outstanding; Safeguarding is effective: Yes; Early years: Outstanding
Matching score and calculation
Score 0.0094. A lower score means more similar pupil context. It is not a school rating or a percentage.
- FSM eligible (current eligibility): difference 1.6 percentage points; weight 45%; contribution 0.00720.
- First language other than English: difference 2.8 percentage points; weight 25%; contribution 0.00700.
- SEN support and EHC plans (derived percentage): difference 1.89 percentage points; weight 20%; contribution 0.00377.
- Total pupils: difference 5 pupils; weight 10%; contribution 0.00142.
- region: same published context; contribution -0.01000.
- faith: no matching bonus; contribution 0.00000.
- governance: no matching bonus; contribution 0.00000.