Bedford Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,480 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.8
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Lincroft Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 923of 1,000 places
- Free school meals
- 14.2%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 189
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 3 December 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Lincroft Middle School (URN 109708, until 1 February 2011).
What the data says
Lincroft Academy has no sixth form. Of the 189 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 53% to a further education college and 2% started an apprenticeship.
Sociology is unusually popular at GCSE: 25% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 45.0 against 46.1 across England and 44.4 in Bedford, with 48% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 2% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.
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 Bedford and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Lincroft Academy | Bedford | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 189 | 2,196 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 98% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 95% | 88% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 37% | 39% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | — | 13% |
| — further education college | 53% | 47% | 37% |
| — other education | 4% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 2% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 1% | 3% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Lincroft Academy | Bedford | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 45.0 | 44.4 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 48% | 44% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 73% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 34% | 38% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 3.98 | 3.89 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 18% | 24% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 35.7 | 34.6 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 46.9 | 47.3 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 7% | 26% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 186 | 98% | 88% | 20% | 22% | 81% |
| English Language | 186 | 98% | 89% | 7% | 20% | 75% |
| English Literature | 184 | 97% | 86% | 7% | 21% | 70% |
| Combined Science | 106 | 56% | 65% | 2% | 9% | 51% |
| Geography | 102 | 54% | 41% | 18% | 25% | 72% |
| History | 87 | 46% | 41% | 9% | 26% | 55% |
| Biology | 77 | 41% | 23% | 14% | 45% | 87% |
| Physics | 73 | 39% | 23% | 30% | 46% | 86% |
| Chemistry | 73 | 39% | 23% | 21% | 47% | 89% |
| Physical Education | 54 | 29% | 11% | 6% | 24% | 67% |
| Business Studies | 49 | 26% | 18% | 20% | 20% | 76% |
| Sociology | 48 | 25% | 4% | 6% | 21% | 63% |
| Design and Technology | 37 | 20% | 11% | 8% | 23% | 49% |
| Computer Science | 30 | 16% | 13% | 17% | 30% | 57% |
| Media Studies | 27 | 14% | 4% | 11% | 20% | 59% |
| German | 27 | 14% | 5% | 15% | 33% | 78% |
| Photography | 24 | 13% | 6% | 13% | 19% | 83% |
| Spanish | 23 | 12% | 19% | 35% | 27% | 48% |
| Art and Design | 23 | 12% | 7% | 17% | 24% | 70% |
| Dance | 22 | 12% | 1% | 5% | 27% | 50% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 20 | 11% | 8% | 15% | 21% | 60% |
| French | 13 | 7% | 18% | 15% | 29% | 69% |
| Drama | 12 | 6% | 7% | 33% | 27% | 42% |
| Polish | 3 | 2% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Portuguese | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Music | 1 | 1% | 5% | — | 33% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small Business Management | 76 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 25 | — | — |
| Additional Mathematics FSMQ | 1 | — | — |
Where Lincroft Academy is
Other secondary schools in Bedford 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 Bedford’s allocation statistics.
Other secondary schools in Bedford
Bedford Free School
Free schools · 536 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.5
Biddenham International School and Sports College
Foundation school · sixth form · 1,422 pupils
91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.1
Daubeney Academy
Academy converter · 576 pupils
84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 38.5
Goldington Academy
Academy converter · 958 pupils
95% stayed in education · Attainment 8 54.3
Kempston Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 773 pupils
80% stayed in education · Attainment 8 40.3
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.