Bedford Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 21 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Bedford
Unique reference
136085
Address
Mile Road, MK42 9TR

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1332 (90% of total capacity)
Boys
48.0%
Girls
52.0%
First language not English
39.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
31.1%
Persistent absence
21.5%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 30.3%
Other White 19%
Bangladeshi 14.2%
Mixed 11.9%
African 7.4%
Indian 5.1%
Pakistani 4%
Unclassified 2.1%
Caribbean 1.8%
Other 1.6%
Other Asian 1.4%
Gypsy/Roma 0.5%
Chinese 0.5%
Other Black 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.11
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 36%
Local authority average 36%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 29%
Local authority average 41%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 38.8
Local authority average 43.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.39
Local authority average 3.81
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music Studies (General)Technical Award20
Art & DesignTechnical Award43
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award46
MultimediaTechnical Award71
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award63
Speech & DramaTechnical Award8
BiologyGCSE55
ChemistryGCSE56
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE33
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE48
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Bedford Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
261
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
225
2nd preference
254
3rd preference
106
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
221
2nd preference
32
3rd preference
7
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes22.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
265
129
136
Year 8
237
106
131
Year 9
226
115
111
Year 10
224
105
119
Year 11
206
92
114
Year 12
90
54
36
Year 13
84
38
46
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
87.3%
86.5%
Further education
43.0%
41.1%
34.7%
School sixth form
40.0%
44.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.2%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
1.4%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
4.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.3%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
5.2%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.1%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
79.0%
48.2%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
19.0%
9.7%
19.7%
Russell Group
19.0%
8.1%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.2%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
6.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
2.0%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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