Bedford Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,480 pupils
86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 42.8
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Grange Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 161of 162 places
- Free school meals
- 47.2%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 14
- Ofsted
- Good, 4 May 2022Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Grange School (URN 109735, until 1 March 2013).
What the data says
Of the 11 pupils who finished Year 11 at Grange Academy in 2023, 0% stayed on in Grange Academy’s own sixth form (Bedford average 39%), 73% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 2.6 against 46.1 across England and 44.4 in Bedford, with 0% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
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.
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 | Grange Academy | Bedford | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 11 | 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 | 73% | 47% | 37% |
| — other education | 27% | 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
| Measure | Grange Academy | Bedford | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 2.6 | 44.4 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 44% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 38% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.04 | 3.89 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 50% | 24% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 1.7 | 34.6 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 3.6 | 47.3 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 0% | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fine Art | 6 | 43% | 9% | 0% | 28% | 50% |
| English Language | 4 | 29% | 89% | — | 20% | — |
| Mathematics | 1 | 7% | 88% | — | 22% | — |
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.