Directory of schools in Central Bedfordshire - Biggleswade Academy

Upcoming changes to this school

From September 2024 this school will become a primary school providing school places for year groups reception to year 6. Each year group will have a PAN (published admission number) of 120 places.

Changes for this school
New PAN New year group range School type and number of places
120 Reception to year 6 Primary, 840 places

 

School

Biggleswade Academy

Open events for parents and carers

Thursday 21 November 2024

4pm to 5:30pm.

Type of school

Primary - Academy

Mead End

Biggleswade

Bedfordshire

SG18 8JU

Telephone

01767 660515

Email address
enquiries@biggleswadeacademy.org
Website
http://www.biggleswadeacademy.org/
Headteacher

Mark Steer

Age range

2 to 11

Ofsted inspection
Published admission numbers (places available)

Reception: 90, year 5: 50

Designated measuring point

Front door of Kitelands Road site

Oversubscription criteria

Oversubscription criteria:

  • all 'looked after' children or children who were previously 'looked after', including children who appear to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted (see definition below)
  • children in catchment with siblings at the academy
  • children of academy staff (see definition below)
  • children in catchment
  • sibling
  • other non-catchment children by distance

Definition of 'children who appear to have been in state care outside of England'

Children who appear to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.

A child is regarded as having been in state care in a place outside of England if they were accommodated by a public authority, a religious organisation or any other provider of care whose sole purpose if to benefit society.

Definition of staff

All staff employed by the school for at least two years for the purpose of working in the school as follows; all full time teaching staff, all full time support staff – defined as those on a 37 week and above contract, all part time teaching staff employed on a 0.5 or greater contract, all part time support staff who work more than 15 hours per week for 37 weeks or more. The definition does not include peripatetic staff.

Allocation statistics
Entry to year 5, before becoming a primary school
Published admission number (PAN) Requests Places offered Last place offered
120 90 90 At the time of the initial allocation in April 2024 all applicants were offered a place.
In-year admissions

Information for in-year admission during academic year September 2024 to July 2025

Admission number per year group:

  • reception: 120
  • years 1 to 6: 90

Oversubscription criteria: As above

Find out how to apply for in-year school admission

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https://www.biggleswadeacademy.org/page/?title=SEND+Local+Offer+-+Early+Years&pid=152