East of England
Secondary 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.
Secondary schools in Central Bedfordshire
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedars Upper SchoolAcademy converter | Leighton Buzzard | Good 2023 | 48.5 |
| Vandyke Upper SchoolAcademy converter | Leighton Buzzard | Good 2024 | 48.2 |
| Harlington Upper SchoolAcademy converter | Dunstable | Good 2023 | 47.8 |
| Samuel Whitbread AcademyAcademy converter | Shefford | Good 2023 | 46.7 |
| Redborne Upper School and Community CollegeAcademy converter | Bedford | Good 2024 | 46.6 |
| Priory AcademyAcademy converter | Dunstable | Good 2023 | 46.2 |
| Houstone SchoolFree schools | Dunstable | No grade | 46.1 |
| Etonbury AcademyAcademy converter | Arlesey | No grade | 45.5 |
| Manshead Church of England AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Luton | No grade | 43 |
| Fulbrook SchoolAcademy converter | Milton Keynes | No grade | 42.9 |
| Henlow Church of England AcademyAcademy converter | Henlow | No grade | 42.7 |
| Sandy Secondary SchoolFoundation school | Sandy | No grade | 40.8 |
| Queensbury AcademyAcademy sponsor led | Dunstable | No grade | 40 |
| Stratton SchoolAcademy converter | Biggleswade | No grade | 38.9 |
| All Saints Academy DunstableAcademy sponsor led | Dunstable | No grade | 36.9 |
| Leighton Middle SchoolCommunity school | Leighton Buzzard | Good 2024 | — |
| Woodland Middle School AcademyAcademy converter | Bedford | Good 2023 | — |
| Robert Bloomfield AcademyAcademy converter | Shefford | No grade | — |
| Linslade SchoolAcademy converter | Leighton Buzzard | Good 2022 | — |
| Arnold AcademyAcademy converter | Bedford | Good 2023 | — |
| Alameda Middle SchoolAcademy converter | Bedford | Good 2023 | — |
| Brooklands Middle SchoolAcademy converter | Leighton Buzzard | Good 2023 | — |
| Holywell SchoolAcademy converter | Bedford | Good 2023 | — |
| Pix Brook AcademyFree schools | Stotfold | Good 2024 | — |
| Parkfields Middle SchoolAcademy converter | Dunstable | Good 2024 | — |
| Gilbert Inglefield AcademyAcademy converter | Leighton Buzzard | No grade | — |
| Edward Peake CofE VC SchoolVoluntary controlled school | Biggleswade | No grade | — |