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Cotton End Forest School
High Road, Bedford, MK45 3AG
Community school for ages 2–11 in Bedford. Mixed intake.
Cotton End Forest School is a larger community primary school in Bedford, teaching children from age 2 to 11. It has nursery classes and around 420 pupils, so it covers the early years through to the end of primary school.
Ofsted rated the school Requires improvement in 2023. The school describes a long local history, saying Cotton End had a school from 1874 and that Cotton End Lower School converted to Cotton End Primary School in September 2013.
At Key Stage 2, 77% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.
Ages 2–11 · Primary
418 pupils · On roll
Community school · Mixed