Bedford High School
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary
- Ofsted rating
- Good Oct 3 2023 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 11 - 16 y.o.
- Type
- Local authority maintained schools
- Funding
- State-funded secondary
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Local authority
- Wigan
- Unique reference
- 106523
- Address
- Manchester Road, WN7 2LU
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 1097 (87% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 48.5%
- Girls
- 51.5%
- First language not English
- 10.5%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 33.8%
- Persistent absence
- 27.8%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 13.7%
White British 83%
Mixed 3.6%
African 3.3%
Pakistani 3.2%
Other White 2.6%
Other Asian 1.6%
Other 1.2%
Other Black 0.7%
Chinese 0.5%
Indian 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- -0.73
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- -0.39
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 18%
Local authority average 30%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 27%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 37
Local authority average 43.9
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 3.15
Local authority average 3.75
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
| Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
|---|---|---|
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | Technical Award | 1 |
| Arabic | GCSE | 1 |
| Art & Design | GCSE | 34 |
| Biology | GCSE | 21 |
| Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 30 |
| Chemistry | GCSE | 21 |
| Chinese | GCSE | 2 |
| Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 17 |
| Design & Technology | GCSE | 53 |
| Dance | GCSE | 12 |
Admissions
Bedford High School
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 210
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 188
- 2nd preference
- 160
- 3rd preference
- 154
- From another Local Authority
- 11
Offers
- 1st preference
- 188
- 2nd preference
- 15
- 3rd preference
- 3
- To another Local Authority
- 1
Class sizes
| Class type | Class size |
|---|---|
| Average size of one-teacher classes | 23.4 |
Cohort sizes
| Class type | Total Boys Girls |
|---|---|
| Year 7 | 224 115 109 |
| Year 8 | 241 115 126 |
| Year 9 | 218 109 109 |
| Year 10 | 212 97 115 |
| Year 11 | 202 96 106 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
| Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
|---|---|
| Staying in education | 80.0% 82.8% 86.5% |
Further education | 63.0% 40.9% 34.7% |
School sixth form | 2.0% 6.7% 37.9% |
Sixth form college | 15.0% 34.6% 13.1% |
Other education destinations | 1.0% 0.6% 0.9% |
| Entering employment | 5.0% 5.6% 3.9% |
| Entering apprenticeships | 7.0% 6.1% 3.4% |
| Not in education or employment | 8.0% 5.2% 5.2% |
| Destination unknown | 1.0% 0.3% 1.0% |