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Arnold Academy

Mixed · ages 9–13 · no sixth formCentral Bedfordshire, East of England · Bedford MK45 4JZTrust: The Pyramid Schools TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
704of 720 places
Free school meals
14.2%
Year 11 cohort 2025
Ofsted
Good, 23 May 2023Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Arnold Middle School (URN 109656, until 1 July 2011).

What the data says

Arnold Academy is a middle school for ages 9–13: pupils move on before GCSEs, so the Department for Education publishes no results or destinations for it.

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 Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).

GCSE results 2025

No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.

Where Arnold Academy 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

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87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.5

Etonbury Academy

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93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.5

Priory Academy

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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.