# Castle Newnham School — Bedford, United Kingdom

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## At a glance

- **Type:** Primary
- **Parent rating:** 2.9/5 from 16 published reviews
- **Principal:** Kat Edwards, Sara Levesley

## Contact

- **Address:** Goldington Road, Bedford MK40 3EP, Polhill Avenue, Bedford MK41 9DT
- **Phone:** 01234 303403
- **Website:** https://castlenewnham.school/
- **SchoolBrowse profile:** https://schoolbrowse.com/gb/bedford/castle-newnham-school-26286

## About

Castle Newnham provides all-through education for children aged 4 to 16 in the heart of Bedford. As part of the Bedfordshire Schools Trust (BEST), Castle Newnham offers a broad and balanced curriculum designed to foster academic achievement, creativity, physical development, and global citizenship.

## Recent parent reviews

- **5/5** — excellent school: The school is excellent, the staff is great. *(Dec 2025)*
- **2/5** — dont reccommend: eh. teachers are all L's. Hella racist students. Food is mid. Uniform ugly. *(Sep 2024)*
- **3/5** — It's all right like, it's all right: It's all right like, it's all right The unit is ok but the fact that they call it the ark is kind of sad though but at least it's not called unicorns anymore. But I think I prefer AP bit more but oh well, womp womp *(Aug 2024)*
- **1/5** — this school does nothing for students getting bullied: this school does nothing on bullying,i will share an example,for example year 10's take away the year 8's football and boot it on the roof for no reason whatsoever and then they start laughing in there face,leaving the year 8's heartbroken and i feel so bad for them so i did what's best and i'm warning anyone below year 9 because if your below year 9,you will be bullied by older students and teachers will just stand like statue's instead of doing what they're getting paid for *(Apr 2024)*
- **1/5** — Baddie: Bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad Bad Bad Bad Bad *(Feb 2024)*
- **3/5** — heheheha: friend goes here L school anyway he has bad grades so womp womp *(Feb 2024)*
- **5/5** — Hey I'm Leah and this is what I think about Castle Newnham🙃: I love this school I've been at this school since about reception right now I'm in year 7 and everyone's nice they teachers are lovely unless if they're really annoying and it's really easy to make friends *(Nov 2023)*
- **1/5** — Castle Newnham is not ok: This school is so draining. This summer I felt half decent coming back I've been so depressed and tired everyday. They don't care about your health unless you've been hit by a bus or something. Even then I don't think they really care. They don't care about your health they say to tell teachers stuff and when you do they either tell your parents which is the worst thing you can do or completely ignore it. None of you care and even if u do you don't care enough. Its racist all hell to. *(Sep 2023)*
- **3/5** — Mixed Experience: We have had a mixed experience with Castle Newnham. Our child has had some great teachers and enjoyed certain subjects, but we have struggled with communication from the school at times. The facilities are good, but we feel that the school could do more to support children with SEN. Overall, we are neutral about Castle Newnham and are considering our options for the future. *(Sep 2023)*
- **5/5** — Fantastic All-Through School: We were so happy with Castle Newnham when our daughter attended from Reception to Year 11. The school's all-through curriculum was a key factor in our decision to send her there. The teachers were dedicated and passionate about what they do. We loved the fact that our daughter could stay at the school from age 4 to 16 and make lifelong friendships. We would highly recommend Castle Newnham to any parent. *(Jun 2023)*

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