Vandyke Upper School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 24 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
13 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Central Bedfordshire
Unique reference
137169
Address
Vandyke Road, LU7 3DY

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1509 (97% of total capacity)
Boys
49.0%
Girls
51.0%
First language not English
4.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
13.1%
Persistent absence
20.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
4.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 75.9%
Unclassified 13%
Mixed 4.9%
Other White 4%
Indian 0.5%
Caribbean 0.5%
African 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Other Asian 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Other 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.2
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 23%
Local authority average 28%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 48%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 49
Local authority average 44.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.21
Local authority average 3.78
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE58
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE51
BiologyGCSE88
Business Studies:SingleGCSE136
ChemistryGCSE88
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE52
English LanguageGCSE374
English LiteratureGCSE372
FrenchGCSE68
GeographyGCSE145
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Vandyke Upper School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
329
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
397
2nd preference
98
3rd preference
5
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
327
2nd preference
2
3rd preference
0
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 classes19.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 9
355
189
166
Year 10
358
175
183
Year 11
363
184
179
Year 12
221
106
115
Year 13
212
85
127
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
83.0%
86.8%
86.5%
Further education
21.0%
35.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
61.0%
48.1%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
2.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.4%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
4.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
4.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.2%
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
73.0%
55.8%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
22.0%
13.9%
19.7%
Russell Group
20.0%
12.1%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
0.6%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
2.1%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
3.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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