Cedars Upper School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Apr 20 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
13 - 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
Central Bedfordshire
Unique reference
137462
Address
Mentmore Road, Linslade, LU7 2AE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
948 (74% of total capacity)
Boys
46.9%
Girls
53.1%
First language not English
9.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
13.3%
Persistent absence
22.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
10.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 75.3%
Other White 6.5%
Mixed 6.5%
African 4%
Unclassified 1.9%
Chinese 1.2%
Indian 0.8%
Other Asian 0.8%
Other 0.7%
Irish Traveller 0.4%
Pakistani 0.4%
Other Black 0.4%
Irish 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Caribbean 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.19
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 35%
Local authority average 28%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 42%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 46.4
Local authority average 44.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.02
Local authority average 3.78
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignTechnical Award17
MultimediaTechnical Award39
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)8
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE51
BiologyGCSE25
Business Studies:SingleGCSE88
ChemistryGCSE24
ChineseGCSE2
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE31
Applied EngineeringGCSE21
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Cedars Upper School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
287
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
232
2nd preference
168
3rd preference
3
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
232
2nd preference
49
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 classes20.3
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 9
233
106
127
Year 10
219
105
114
Year 11
243
121
122
Year 12
135
59
76
Year 13
118
54
64
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
85.5%
85.6%
Further education
31.0%
35.3%
35.4%
School sixth form
54.0%
48.0%
36.6%
Sixth form college
SP
1.8%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
6.0%
5.3%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.3%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
4.5%
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
1.4%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
72.0%
61.0%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
36.0%
20.2%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
0.8%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
3.0%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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