Cambian Walnut Tree Lodge School
Cambian Walnut Tree Lodge School is an independent special school in Bedford for boys and girls aged 7 to 19. It has 10 pupils and room for 18.
Renhold Road, Wilden, Bedford, MK44 2PT0800 138 1184cambiangroup.com/cambiangroup.aspxMrs Joyce Kuwaza headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
GCSE results, summer 2025
1 pupils sat their GCSEs. Here is how they did against every state secondary in England.
The government hasn't published this school's headline results. Fewer than eleven pupils sat the exams, so the figures could identify individual children.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Bedford council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 10 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | – | – | – | – | 0% | 0% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 33% | 70% | 70% | 88% | 0% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 33% | 30% | 30% | 13% | 11% |
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renhold VC Primary School | Church of England | 0.7 miles | 191 | No overall grade 2025 | 20 | Compare |
| Ravensden CofE Primary Academy | Academy | 0.7 miles | 51 | Good 2023 | 2 | Compare |
| Wilden CofE VA Primary School | Church of England | 0.8 miles | 45 | Good 2024 | 35 | Compare |
| Mark Rutherford School | Academy | 1.5 miles | 1,150 | Report card 2025 | 39 | Compare |
| Putnoe Primary School | Academy | 1.7 miles | 494 | Good 2024 | 36 | Compare |
| The Hills Academy | Academy | 2.3 miles | 442 | Good 2020 | 88 | Compare |
| Hazeldene School | Foundation | 2.3 miles | 443 | Not inspected | 75 | Compare |
| Goldington Green Academy | Academy | 2.3 miles | 576 | No overall grade 2025 | 53 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Cambian Walnut Tree Lodge School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Cambian Walnut Tree Lodge School yet.
How many pupils does Cambian Walnut Tree Lodge School have?
10 pupils aged 7 to 19 were on the roll in January 2024. It has 18 places, so it is 56% full.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Renhold Road, Wilden, Bedford, MK44 2PT
- Telephone
- 0800 138 1184
- Website
- www.cambiangroup.com/cambiangroup.aspx
- Headteacher
- Mrs Joyce Kuwaza
- Type of school
- Independent special school (Other independent special school, special schools)
- Phase
- Special school, ages 7-19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Local authority
- Bedford
- Ward
- Great Barford
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 9 September 2009 (new provision)
- URN
- 135990 · LAESTAB 8226014 · UKPRN 10028073
Recent changes
- New KS4 results for 2024/25
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- GCSE results: DfE key stage 4 performance tables, 2024/25 final.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.