Middle deemed secondary school in Leighton Buzzard, Central Bedfordshire
Gilbert Inglefield Academy
Vandyke Road, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, LU7 3FU
Ofsted
Standards maintained at the last inspection, on 27 January 2026.
Inspections since September 2024 do not give an overall grade, so there is no one-word judgement to report. The full report sets out what inspectors found.
Pupils
- Places
- 720
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Central Bedfordshire 020A, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 24%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 16%
- Households owning their home
- 82%
- Households in social housing
- 2%
- Households with no car
- 8%
- Adults economically inactive
- 34%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Middle deemed secondary
- Ages
- Ages 9–13
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- CHILTERN LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Erin Stewart
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Ward
- Leighton-Linslade North
- Constituency
- Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard
- URN
- 152506
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest middle deemed secondary schools
| School | Ofsted | Attainment 8 | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vandyke Upper SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2024 | 48.2 | 0.1 mi |
| Brooklands Middle SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2023 | — | 0.7 mi |
| Leighton Middle SchoolCommunity school | Good 2024 | — | 1.1 mi |
| Linslade SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2022 | — | 1.7 mi |
| Cedars Upper SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2023 | 48.5 | 1.7 mi |
| The Cottesloe SchoolFoundation school | No grade | 45.4 | 3.9 mi |
| Parkfields Middle SchoolAcademy converter | Good 2024 | — | 5 mi |
| Lift Sir Herbert LeonAcademy sponsor led | No grade | 33.7 | 5.1 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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