Quick Links

Useful Links

Committed to excellent standards of teaching in partnership with a variety of local and national organisations contributing towards system-wide improvement.

Visit Site

GSO Test

 

Admissions

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the admissions process for a place at Marston Vale Middle School, please do not hesitate to contact us direct at the school by phone on 01234 768224

If it is more convenient, please email us via our contact email address:

school@marstonvalemiddleschool.co.uk

We will be more than happy to help.

Places will be allocated using the criteria below for Marston Vale Middle School, Stewartby, Bedfordshire

Children with an Education, Health and Care (EHC) Plan naming the particular school will be admitted before the following oversubscription criteria applies:

  1. Looked after children and previously looked after children including those that appear to the school to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be so as a result of being adopted
  2. Children of staff currently employed at the school
  3. Pupils who are currently attending Broadmead Lower School
  4. Children in the catchment area with siblings at the school who will still be attending the school at the proposed date of admission
  5. Children living in the catchment area of the school
  6. Children who live outside of the catchment area with siblings at the school who will still be attending the school at the proposed date of admission
  7. Pupils who are currently attending the other feeder schools:-  Marston Moreteyne VC School, Houghton Conquest Lower and Thomas Johnson Lower School
  2. Children living closest to the school measured on straight line distance

THE APPLICATION PROCESS

For entry into Year 5

  • All families applying for a transfer to Middle School at the start of Year 5 (point of entry) must apply to their own local authority.  For families living in Bedford Borough, this is Bedford Borough Council School Admissions Service.   For families living in Central Bedfordshire, this is Central Bedfordshire School Admissions Service.   If you live outside of Bedford Borough and wish to apply for a place in a Bedford Borough School school, you must apply to your own local authority, who will then liaise with Bedford Borough Council.

Further information for entry to Year 5 in September 2025

 Please click on the link for further information for parents applying for a school place from September 2025

 Letter for Parents of current Year 4 children

For entry into other years in September 2025

  • This is classed as an In-year Application.  Bedford Borough Council will happily accept your applications from now onwards.  You can contact the school directly or Bedford Borough School Admissions.  

What to do if your application is unsuccessful

  • Should you wish to appeal the outcome of your application, please contact the school and we will explain the appeals process to you.

Key dates

Transfer to Middle School 2025 - (Date of birth range 01/09/15 - 31/08/16)

Closing Date: 15 January 2025- Applications received after midnight are classed as a late application and processed in the late allocation round

National Offer Day for on-time applications - 16 April 2025

Late Allocation Round

Closing date 30 April 2025
Late Allocation Offer Day for Central Bedfordshire Residents -
Middle - 23 May 2025