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Caldecote Church of England Academy

PrimaryAges 3–11AcademyChurch of England

Upper Caldecote, SG18 9DA · Central Bedfordshire local authority

Upper Caldecote’s School Grade D better than 8% of towns in England

Getting in
14/16
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
85 pupils
71% of its 120 places
Free school meals
35%
35 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Caldecote Church of England Academy

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Room to spare: 85 pupils for 120 places
  • 35% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (more than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, May 2024 (shown, not graded)
  • 88% of families who put it first got a place for September 2026 (14 of 16)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (SG18 9) sold for a median £435,000; Upper Caldecote’s is £430,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Caldecote Church of England Academy?

88% of the families who put it first got a place for September 2026.

16
families put it first for September 2026
15
places offered
88%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered
Red figures: first choices not offered a place

Years when some first choices missed out: 2024 (4), 2026 (2). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Diocese of St Albans Multi-Academy Trust sets the admissions rules. Apply through Central Bedfordshire council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools nearby, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places

Caldecote CofE
1.07 per place
88% got their first choice
1.02 per place
92% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
1.00 per place
100% got their first choice
0.87 per place
100% got their first choice
0.79 per place
100% got their first choice
0.78 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

71 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
16.9%England 15.3%
EHC plan
9.9%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
2.8%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
33.8%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 42%Boys 58%
Its letter

No letter for Caldecote Church of England Academy

No published results for this school: a new school, or a cohort small enough for DfE to suppress. No results, no letter.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection: Good, May 2024.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Caldecote Church of England Academy

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in SG18 9, the school’s postcode sector

Upper Caldecote property prices →
£435,000
median sale, 365 sales in 36 months · Upper Caldecote £430,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£200K£250K£300K£350K£400K£450K£500K2010201520202025SG18 9Upper Caldecote
SG18 9Upper Caldecote

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£560K
Semi-detached
£390K
Terraced
£303K
Flat
£200K
SG18 9Upper Caldecote

Homes in SG18 9 sell for about the same as Upper Caldecote’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

2 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNCaldecote Church of England…
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Upper Caldecote, SG18 9DA

Caldecote Church of England Academy: common questions

How hard is it to get into Caldecote Church of England Academy?

For September 2026, 16 families put Caldecote Church of England Academy first and 14 of them were offered a place; 15 places were offered in all.

What is Caldecote Church of England Academy’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (May 2024).

How much do houses cost near Caldecote Church of England Academy?

Homes in its postcode sector, SG18 9, sold for a median £435,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (365 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Upper Caldecote’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.