Bedford Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,480 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.8
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St John's School
- Pupils on roll
- 178of 181 places
- Free school meals
- 50.4%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 15
- Ofsted
- Good, 13 September 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: St John's School (URN 109738, until 1 September 2011).
What the data says
Of the 14 pupils who finished Year 11 at St John's School in 2023, 0% stayed on in St John's School’s own sixth form (Bedford average 39%), 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 Bedford and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | St John's School | Bedford | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 14 | 2,196 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 100% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 100% | 88% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 39% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | — | 13% |
| — further education college | 0% | 47% | 37% |
| — other education | 100% | 2% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 0% | 4% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 3% | 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.
Other secondary schools in Bedford
Bedford Free School
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86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.5
Biddenham International School and Sports College
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91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.1
Daubeney Academy
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84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 38.5
Goldington Academy
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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.