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Living in Podington with children

Podington, Bedford. What the published figures say about its schools, its homes and daily life, each with its source and date. 384 people in 173 households; 24.3% of households have dependent children (Census 2021 (ONS, via NOMIS), summed over the town's output areas).

1schools in Podington
29crimes a year per 1,000 people
93%gigabit broadband

Schools

1 schools: 1 state primary, 0 state secondaryPodington on the schools map →
Primary: expected standard, 2025 results (DfE) · red mark: Bedford 57%ResultOfsted
1Christopher Reeves CofE VA Primary SchoolPrimary · (42/52) · 46%School remains Good
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State primary schools (1)

SchoolInspectionLeague rankLast place offered
Christopher Reeves CofE VA Primary SchoolSchool remains Good(42/52) in Bedford—
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Rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase, from three years of DfE results (kinplace's league table, how it is worked out); schools with hidden or no results get none. Inspections: Ofsted and ISI. Last place offered: the council's offer-day figures. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.

Homes and prices

Typical sale, last 12 months (Land Registry)
Detachedtoo few sales
Semi-detachedtoo few sales
Terracedtoo few sales
Flat or maisonettenone sold

The middle sale of each type, December 2024 to November 2025: half sold for more, half for less (2 detached, 1 semi-detached, 2 terraced sales). Source: HM Land Registry Price Paid Data, standard sales inside the ONS built-up area outline of Podington. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2025. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Getting around

Stops and stations (NaPTAN), and broadband (Ofcom)
0railway stations within 2 km
2bus stops within 1 km of the town centre

Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes). Straight-line distances.

Gigabit broadband can be ordered at 93% of premises, and superfast (30 Mbit/s) at 97%, on average across the 266 postcodes in NN29. Check the postcode you are looking at: it can differ street by street.

Source: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025, fixed broadband coverage by postcode (an average of postcodes, not of homes).

Safety and environment

The town centre; addresses vary
28.6 a year per 1,000 peopleCrimeInside the town's outline, September 2025 to August 2026. The most common: burglary, violent crime, anti social behaviour. Source: data.police.uk, street-level crime inside the ONS built-up area outline; people from Census 2021. A town centre with shops and pubs records more crime per resident than a suburb.
Flood zone 1FloodAt the town centre, the area is in flood zone 1 for rivers and the sea on the Environment Agency's Flood Map for Planning (not in zone 2 or 3, the lowest of the three). Surface-water risk: we don't hold that map, so it is unknown here. One point says little about a whole town, and the zones describe the area, not a building: check the address on the Environment Agency's long-term flood risk service.Source: Environment Agency, Flood Map for Planning (Rivers and Sea), read from its open download. © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2025. Open Government Licence v3.0.
NO₂ 5.8AirAt the town centre, an annual mean on DEFRA's 1 km map: nitrogen dioxide 5.8 µg/m³ (2024); PM2.5 6.7 µg/m³ (2024); PM10 11.9 µg/m³ (2024). A background figure, not the air beside a busy road. Source: DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps.

Childcare

Ofsted early years register; published prices

We don't hold registered nurseries for Podington.

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Key dates, Bedford

The next dates for families applying
Secondary applications close31 Oct 2026
Primary applications close15 Jan 2027
Secondary offer day1 Mar 2027

Application deadlines and offer days: Bedford.

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Nearby towns

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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources are named beside each figure. How we know · All sources.