Cauldwell School
About the school
Cauldwell School is an open primary school in Bedford.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 11 November 2025
- Published
- 3 February 2026
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
Published inspection outcomes
Safeguarding
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
Results and school context
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 74%
- Bedford
- 57%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 2%
- Bedford
- 3%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 87%
- Bedford
- 74%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 75%
- Bedford
- 69%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 92%
- Bedford
- 70%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 89%
- Bedford
- 70%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 53%
- Bedford
- 24%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 75%
- Bedford
- 78%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 107
- Bedford
- 105
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 108
- Bedford
- 103
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 110
- Bedford
- 104
- England
- 105
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
419
Girls
47.97%
Boys
52.03%
SEN support
19.57%
Education, health and care plan
7.16%
English as an additional language
69.00%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
26.01%
Overall absence
4.27
Persistent absence
10.03