Cotton End Forest School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Primary
- School rating
- Good May 20 2025 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 2 - 11 y.o.
- Type
- Local authority maintained schools
- Funding
- State-funded primary
- Admissions policy
- Not applicable
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Local authority
- Bedford
- Unique reference
- 109446
- Address
- High Road, Cotton End, MK45 3AG
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 418 (54% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 54.8%
- Girls
- 45.2%
- First language not English
- 11.5%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 17%
- Persistent absence
- 11.2%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 13.4%
White British 59.6%
Mixed 18.1%
Other White 6.7%
African 5.7%
Indian 3.1%
Unclassified 1.9%
Caribbean 1.4%
Other Asian 1%
Other Black 0.7%
Other 0.7%
Irish 0.5%
Pakistani 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Exam Results
Primary Results
Progress score in reading, writing and maths
ReadingBelow average-2.6
WritingAverage0.4
MathsAverage-0.6
Pupils meeting EXPECTED standard in reading, writing and maths
School 59%
Local authority average 56%
England average 62%
Pupils achieving at a HIGHER standard in reading, writing and maths
School 0%
Local authority average 3%
England average 8%
Average score in reading
School 102
Local authority average 105
England average 106
Average score in maths
School 103
Local authority average 103
England average 105
Local authority average: Year 2024-2025
National average: Year 2024-2025
Admissions
Cotton End Forest School
- Admission Policy
- n/a
- Total available places
- 59
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 67
- 2nd preference
- 33
- 3rd preference
- 4
- From another Local Authority
- 6
Offers
- 1st preference
- 59
- 2nd preference
- 0
- 3rd preference
- 0
- To another Local Authority
- 2
Class sizes
| Class type | Class size |
|---|---|
| Average size of one-teacher classes | 29.9 |
| Average size of key stage 1 classes taught by one teacher | 28.5 |
| Average size of key stage 2 classes taught by one teacher | 28.7 |
Cohort sizes
| Class type | Total Boys Girls |
|---|---|
| Nursery Year 1, Full-time | 12 4 8 |
| Nursery Year 2, Full-time | 34 18 16 |
| Reception, Full-time | 59 33 26 |
| Year 1 | 53 27 26 |
| Year 2 | 59 34 25 |
| Year 3 | 60 31 29 |
| Year 4 | 56 34 22 |
| Year 5 | 55 30 25 |
| Year 6 | 30 18 12 |