1The Vale Academy
Central Bedfordshire · ages 2 to 11 · URN138714
601 pupils / 624 at Goldsworth Primary School2025/26 · Academic year
Add to comparison- Free school meals: the same
- First language other than English: 5.6 percentage points lower
- SEND: 1 percentage points lower
- 23 fewer pupils
Sources, Ofsted & match details
- Graded inspection (previous framework) · inspected 3 June 2025 · published 13 July 2025 · monthly file dated 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Not judged; Quality of education: Good; Behaviour and attitudes: Good; Personal development: Outstanding; Leadership and management: Good; Safeguarding is effective: Yes; Early years: Good
Matching score and calculation
Score -0.00031. A lower score means more similar pupil context. It is not a school rating or a percentage.
- FSM eligible (current eligibility): difference 0 percentage points; weight 45%; contribution 0.00000.
- First language other than English: difference 5.6 percentage points; weight 25%; contribution 0.01400.
- SEN support and EHC plans (derived percentage): difference 1 percentage points; weight 20%; contribution 0.00200.
- Total pupils: difference 23 pupils; weight 10%; contribution 0.00369.
- region: no matching bonus; contribution 0.00000.
- faith: same published context; contribution -0.01000.
- governance: same published context; contribution -0.01000.