East of England
Secondary schools in Bedford
82 schools, 35,600 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 38.5.
Ofsted across Bedford
Good35
Outstanding2
No overall grade45
37 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 45 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
Secondary schools in Bedford
Sorted by Attainment 8. A gap of a point or two is noise, not a ranking — read the school pages for the intake-adjusted comparison.
| School | Area | Ofsted | Attainment 8 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goldington AcademyAcademy converter | Bedford | No grade | 54.3 |
| Sharnbrook AcademyAcademy converter | Bedford | No grade | 51.6 |
| Wixams AcademyFree schools | Bedford | No grade | 47.5 |
| St Thomas More Catholic SchoolAcademy converter | Bedford | Good 2023 | 47 |
| Bedford Free SchoolFree schools | Bedford | No grade | 46.5 |
| Lincroft AcademyAcademy converter | Bedford | No grade | 45 |
| Wootton AcademyAcademy converter | Bedford | No grade | 44.3 |
| Bedford AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Bedford | Good 2023 | 42.8 |
| Castle Newnham SchoolAcademy converter | Bedford | Good 2024 | 42.7 |
| Biddenham International School and Sports CollegeFoundation school | Bedford | No grade | 42.1 |
| Mark Rutherford SchoolAcademy converter | Bedford | No grade | 41.5 |
| Kempston AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Bedford | No grade | 40.3 |
| Daubeney AcademyAcademy converter | Bedford | No grade | 38.5 |
| Marston Vale Middle SchoolAcademy converter | Bedford | No grade | — |