Community special school

The Chiltern School

Mixed · ages 3–19 · with sixth formCentral Bedfordshire, East of England · Dunstable LU5 5PXSchool website
Pupils on roll
369of 400 places
Free school meals
37.0%
Year 11 cohort 2025
25
Ofsted
School remains Good, 23 February 2023Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Hillcrest School (URN 109740, until 1 September 2012).

What the data says

Of the 12 pupils who finished Year 11 at The Chiltern School in 2023, 0% stayed on in The Chiltern School’s own sixth form (Central Bedfordshire average 43%), none went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.

Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Central Bedfordshire and England.

The Chiltern School
Central Bedfordshire
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureThe Chiltern SchoolCentral BedfordshireEngland
Pupils in the cohort122,928607,348
Any sustained destination100%93%92%
Stayed in education100%88%86%
— school sixth form0%43%34%
— sixth form college0%2%13%
— further education college0%40%37%
— other education100%3%2%
Apprenticeship0%3%3%
Employment0%3%3%
No sustained destination0%5%6%
Destination unknown0%2%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.

Where The Chiltern School is

Other secondary schools in Central Bedfordshire are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from Central Bedfordshire’s allocation statistics.

Other secondary schools in Central Bedfordshire

Cedars Upper School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,135 pupils

87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.5

Etonbury Academy

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,158 pupils

93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.5

Priory Academy

Academy converter · 830 pupils

93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.2

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.