Greys Education Centre
Greys Education Centre is an academy alternative provision converter in Bedford for boys and girls aged 5 to 16. It has 57 pupils and room for 87. About 53 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far more than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was good, back in 2024.
Manor Drive, Kempston, Bedford, MK42 7AB01234 408477Mrs Vanessa Millar headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted's last full inspection was on 7 February 2024, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Good overall.
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.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (45), Specific learning difficulty (4), Other difficulty or disability (2), language and communications needs (2), Autistic spectrum disorder (1), SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 57 | 46 | 52 | 40 | 27 | 37 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 53% | 70% | 69% | 53% | 52% | 60% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 14% | 13% | 17% | 8% | 7% | 3% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 41% | 42% | 48% | 44% | 70% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 54% | 48% | 53% | 56% | 27% |
What pupils do next
After GCSEs
Where the 11 pupils who left in 2022/23 were a year later.
Earlier years
| Destination | 2022/23 leavers | 2021/22 leavers | 2020/21 leavers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Still in education, work or training | 73% | 38% | 62% |
| Education | 64% | 38% | 54% |
| Apprenticeship | 9% | 0% | 0% |
| Work | 0% | 0% | 8% |
| Not in education, work or training | 0% | 38% | 23% |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rivertree Free School | Free school | 260 m | 126 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| Bedford Road Primary Academy | Academy | 320 m | 365 | Report card 2025 | 4 | Compare |
| Balliol Primary School | Council | 610 m | 355 | Good 2022 | 17 | Compare |
| Grange Academy | Academy | 740 m | 161 | Good 2022 | – | Compare |
| Kempston Academy | Academy | 0.6 miles | 773 | Not inspected | 43 | Compare |
| Camestone School | Council | 0.7 miles | 408 | Good 2022 | 34 | Compare |
| Kempston Rural Primary School | Council | 0.7 miles | 439 | Good 2023 | 59 | Compare |
| Springfield Primary School | Academy | 0.7 miles | 365 | Good 2022 | 15 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Greys Education Centre a good school?
Greys Education Centre doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it good at its last inspection in February 2024.
What is Greys Education Centre's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Greys Education Centre good at its last full inspection on 7 February 2024.
How many pupils does Greys Education Centre have?
57 pupils aged 5 to 16 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 87 places, so it is 66% full.
Does Greys Education Centre have a breakfast club?
Yes. It is on the government's free breakfast club programme, so every pupil can have a free half-hour breakfast club before school.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Manor Drive, Kempston, Bedford, MK42 7AB
- Telephone
- 01234 408477
- Headteacher
- Mrs Vanessa Millar
- Free breakfast club
- Yes: on the government's programme, so every pupil can have a free half-hour breakfast club before school (listed since September 2026).
- Type of school
- Academy alternative provision converter (Academy alternative provision converter, academies)
- Phase
- Pupil referral unit / alternative provision, ages 5-16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- Bedford Inclusive Learning and Training Trust (4 schools)
- Local authority
- Bedford
- Ward
- Kempston West
- Constituency
- Bedford
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 February 2013 (academy converter)
- URN
- 139320 · LAESTAB 8221104 · UKPRN 10039298
- Formerly
- Greys Education Centre
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.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Breakfast club: DfE list of schools on the free breakfast club programme.
- 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.