East of England
Schools in Central Bedfordshire
131 schools, 48,879 pupils. Average Attainment 8 across the authority's state secondaries is 45.
Ofsted across Central Bedfordshire
Good76
Requires improvement2
Outstanding1
No overall grade52
79 of these schools carry a one-word grade from before September 2024, when Ofsted stopped awarding them. The remaining 52 either have no published outcome or were inspected under the current framework, which does not give an overall grade. What changed.
All schools in Central Bedfordshire
Sorted by name. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alameda Middle SchoolAcademy converter | Bedford | Good 2023 | — |
| All Saints Academy DunstableAcademy sponsor led | Dunstable | No grade | 36.9 |
| Ardley Hill AcademyAcademy converter | Dunstable | Good 2024 | — |
| Arnold AcademyAcademy converter | Bedford | Good 2023 | — |
| Ashton St Peter's VA C of E SchoolVoluntary aided school | Dunstable | No grade | — |
| Aspley Guise Village SchoolAcademy converter | Aspley Guise | Good 2023 | — |
| Beaudesert Lower SchoolCommunity school | Leighton Buzzard | Good 2024 | — |
| Beecroft AcademyAcademy converter | Dunstable | Good 2024 | — |
| Biggleswade AcademyAcademy converter | Biggleswade | Good 2024 | — |
| Brooklands Middle SchoolAcademy converter | Leighton Buzzard | Good 2023 | — |
| Caddington Village SchoolCommunity school | Luton | No grade | — |
| Caldecote Church of England AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Biggleswade | Good 2024 | — |
| Campton AcademyAcademy converter | Shefford | Good 2023 | — |
| Cedars Upper SchoolAcademy converter | Leighton Buzzard | Good 2023 | 48.5 |
| Chalton Lower SchoolCommunity school | Luton | Good 2023 | — |
| Claystone SchoolOther independent special school | Luton | No grade | — |
| Clifton All Saints AcademyAcademy converter | Near Shefford | Good 2022 | — |
| Clipstone Brook Lower SchoolCommunity school | Leighton Buzzard | No grade | — |
| Cranfield Church of England AcademyAcademy converter | Bedford | No grade | — |
| Derwent Primary SchoolFoundation school | Henlow | Good 2023 | — |
| Dovery AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Leighton Buzzard | No grade | — |
| Dunstable Icknield Lower SchoolAcademy converter | Dunstable | Requires improvement 2023 | — |
| Dunton CofE Junior SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Biggleswade | Good 2023 | — |
| Eaton Bray AcademyAcademy converter | Dunstable | No grade | — |
| Edward Peake CofE VC SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Biggleswade | No grade | — |
| Esland Bedford SchoolOther independent special school | Silsoe | No grade | — |
| Etonbury AcademyAcademy converter | Arlesey | No grade | 45.5 |
| Eversholt Lower SchoolAcademy converter | Milton Keynes | Good 2023 | — |
| Everton Heath Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Nr Sandy | Good 2024 | — |
| Fairfield Park Lower SchoolCommunity school | Fairfield Park | Good 2024 | — |
| Flitwick Lower SchoolCommunity school | Bedford | Good 2023 | — |
| Fulbrook SchoolAcademy converter | Milton Keynes | No grade | 42.9 |
| Gilbert Inglefield AcademyAcademy converter | Leighton Buzzard | No grade | — |
| Gothic Mede AcademyAcademy converter | Arlesey | Good 2023 | — |
| Gravenhurst AcademyAcademy converter | Bedford | Outstanding 2024 | — |
| Greenfield CofE VC Lower SchoolAcademy converter | Greenfield | Good 2024 | — |
| Greenleas SchoolCommunity school | Leighton Buzzard | Good 2024 | — |
| Hadrian AcademyAcademy converter | Dunstable | Good 2023 | — |
| Harlington Lower SchoolAcademy converter | Dunstable | Good 2023 | — |
| Harlington Upper SchoolAcademy converter | Dunstable | Good 2023 | 47.8 |
| Haynes Lower SchoolCommunity school | Bedford | Good 2023 | — |
| Heathwood Lower SchoolCommunity school | Leighton Buzzard | Good 2023 | — |
| Henlow Church of England AcademyAcademy converter | Henlow | No grade | 42.7 |
| Hockliffe Lower SchoolAcademy converter | Leighton Buzzard | No grade | — |
| Holywell SchoolAcademy converter | Bedford | Good 2023 | — |
| Houghton Conquest Lower SchoolCommunity school | Bedford | Good 2024 | — |
| Houghton Regis Primary SchoolCommunity school | Dunstable | No grade | — |
| Houstone SchoolFree schools | Dunstable | No grade | 46.1 |
| Husborne Crawley Lower SchoolCommunity school | Husborne Crawley | Good 2023 | — |
| Ivel Valley School & CollegeCommunity special school | Biggleswade | Good 2023 | — |
| John Donne Church of England Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Bedford | Requires improvement 2023 | — |
| Kensworth Church of England AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Dunstable | No grade | — |
| Kingsmoor Lower SchoolCommunity school | Bedford | No grade | — |
| Laburnum Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Sandy | No grade | — |
| Lancot SchoolAcademy sponsor led | Dunstable | Good 2024 | — |
| Langford Village AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Biggleswade | Good 2024 | — |
| Lark Rise AcademyAcademy converter | Dunstable | No grade | — |
| Lawnside AcademyAcademy converter | Biggleswade | Good 2023 | — |
| Leedon Lower SchoolCommunity school | Leighton Buzzard | No grade | — |
| Leighton Middle SchoolCommunity school | Leighton Buzzard | Good 2024 | — |
| Lime Tree Primary AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Central Bedfordshire | Good 2024 | — |
| Linslade Lower SchoolCommunity school | Leighton Buzzard | No grade | — |
| Linslade SchoolAcademy converter | Leighton Buzzard | Good 2022 | — |
| Manshead Church of England AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Luton | No grade | 43 |
| Maple Tree Primary SchoolFoundation school | Sandy | Good 2023 | — |
| Marston Moreteyne VC SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Marston Moreteyne | Good 2024 | — |
| Maulden Lower SchoolCommunity school | Bedford | Good 2023 | — |
| Meppershall Church of England AcademyAcademy converter | Shefford | Good 2024 | — |
| Moggerhanger Primary SchoolFoundation school | Bedford | Good 2024 | — |
| Northill CofE AcademyAcademy converter | Biggleswade | No grade | — |
| OneSchool Global UK - Biggleswade CampusOther independent school | Biggleswade | No grade | — |
| Orchard School & NurseryOther independent school | Bedford | No grade | — |
| Parkfields Middle SchoolAcademy converter | Dunstable | Good 2024 | — |
| Pix Brook AcademyFree schools | Stotfold | Good 2024 | — |
| Potton Primary SchoolFoundation school | Sandy | No grade | — |
| Priory AcademyAcademy converter | Dunstable | Good 2023 | 46.2 |
| Pulford CofE VA Lower SchoolVoluntary aided school | Leighton Buzzard | Good 2023 | — |
| Queensbury AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Dunstable | No grade | 40 |
| Ramsey Manor Lower SchoolAcademy converter | Bedford | No grade | — |
| Raynsford Church of England AcademyAcademy converter | Henlow | No grade | — |
| Redborne Upper School and Community CollegeAcademy converter | Bedford | Good 2024 | 46.6 |
| Ridgmont Lower SchoolCommunity school | Bedford | No grade | — |
| Robert Bloomfield AcademyAcademy converter | Shefford | No grade | — |
| Robert Peel Primary SchoolFoundation school | Sandy | No grade | — |
| Roecroft Lower SchoolCommunity school | Hitchin | No grade | — |
| Russell Lower SchoolCommunity school | Ampthill | Good 2022 | — |
| Samuel Whitbread AcademyAcademy converter | Shefford | Good 2023 | 46.7 |
| Sandy Secondary SchoolFoundation school | Sandy | No grade | 40.8 |
| Shefford Lower SchoolCommunity school | Shefford | Good 2023 | — |
| Shillington Lower SchoolCommunity school | Hitchin | Good 2023 | — |
| Silsoe CofE VC Lower SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Bedford | Good 2023 | — |
| Slip End Village SchoolCommunity school | Luton | No grade | — |
| Southcott Lower SchoolCommunity school | Leighton Buzzard | Good 2023 | — |
| Southill Lower SchoolCommunity school | Biggleswade | No grade | — |
| St Andrew's CofE VC Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Biggleswade | Good 2021 | — |
| St Christophers AcademyAcademy converter | Dunstable | No grade | — |
| St Leonards CE AcademyAcademy converter | Leighton Buzzard | Good 2024 | — |
| St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Luton | Good 2022 | — |
| St Mary's CofE Academy StotfoldAcademy converter | Hitchin | No grade | — |
| St Mary's VA CofE Lower SchoolVoluntary aided school | Clophill | No grade | — |
| St Swithun's Church of England VC Primary SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Sandy | Good 2022 | — |
| St Vincent's Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy converter | Dunstable | Good 2022 | — |
| St. Augustine's AcademyAcademy converter | Dunstable | Good 2024 | — |
| Stanbridge Lower SchoolCommunity school | Leighton Buzzard | Good 2022 | — |
| Stannard SchoolOther independent special school | Dunstable | No grade | — |
| Stondon Lower SchoolCommunity school | Henlow | Good 2022 | — |
| Stratton SchoolAcademy converter | Biggleswade | No grade | 38.9 |
| Studham Village CofE AcademyAcademy converter | Studham | No grade | — |
| Sundon Lower SchoolAcademy converter | Luton | Good 2024 | — |
| Sutton CofE VA Primary SchoolVoluntary aided school | Sutton | No grade | — |
| Swallowfield PrimaryCommunity school | Milton Keynes | No grade | — |
| Templefield Lower SchoolCommunity school | Bedford | Good 2023 | — |
| The Chiltern SchoolCommunity special school | Dunstable | Good 2023 | — |
| The Firs Lower SchoolAcademy converter | Bedford | Good 2023 | — |
| The Mary Bassett Lower SchoolCommunity school | Leighton Buzzard | Good 2024 | — |
| The Rushmere Park AcademyAcademy converter | Leighton Buzzard | No grade | — |
| The Vale AcademyAcademy converter | Dunstable | No grade | — |
| Thomas Johnson Lower SchoolCommunity school | Bedford | Good 2022 | — |
| Thomas Whitehead Church of England AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Dunstable | No grade | — |
| Thornhill Primary SchoolCommunity school | Dunstable | No grade | — |
| Tithe Farm Primary SchoolCommunity school | Dunstable | No grade | — |
| Toddington St George Church of England SchoolAcademy converter | Dunstable | Good 2022 | — |
| Totternhoe Church of England AcademyAcademy converter | Dunstable | Good 2022 | — |
| Vandyke Upper SchoolAcademy converter | Leighton Buzzard | Good 2024 | 48.2 |
| Watling Lower SchoolAcademy converter | Dunstable | No grade | — |
| Westfield Nursery SchoolLocal authority nursery school | Dunstable | Good 2023 | — |
| Westoning Lower SchoolAcademy converter | Bedford | Good 2024 | — |
| Willow Nursery SchoolLocal authority nursery school | Dunstable | Good 2024 | — |
| Woburn Lower SchoolCommunity school | Woburn | Good 2023 | — |
| Woodland Middle School AcademyAcademy converter | Bedford | Good 2023 | — |
| Wrestlingworth CofE Infant SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Sandy | Good 2023 | — |