Edward Peake CofE VC School
Ofsted: Good
Score
F37
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Biggleswade, SG18 0EJ
- Distance
- 5.3km away
Sandy Secondary School
Engayne Avenue, Sandy, SG19 1BL
Local ranking10th of 26 secondary schools in Central Bedfordshire
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1095
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 24 June 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 40.8 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 37.0% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 62.5% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 70.1% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.7 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 184
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 81.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 6.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Higher education
- 38.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 48.0%
- Not sustained
- 10.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C
Avg A-Level Grade
31.6
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
34.9
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
48
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 12.5% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 29.3
- 16-18 Cohort
- 123
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1214
- Boys
- 623 (51%)
- Girls
- 591 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1095 (111% full)
- SEND
- 30.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 20.2%
- EAL
- 2.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 7.1%
- SEN Support
- 23.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 13.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 87.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,839/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.0% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 24.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 85.3%
- White Other: 3.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.0%
- Mixed Other: 1.7%
- Black African: 1.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.1%
- Black Caribbean: 0.8%
85.3%
White British
3.6%
White Other
2.5%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Engayne Avenue
Sandy, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 109669
- UKPRN
- 10005675
- Establishment No.
- 4078
- Trust
- Pinnacle Trust
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