Cambian Walnut Tree Lodge School
Ofsted: Good
- Type
- Other independent special school
- Location
- Bedford, MK44 2PT
- Distance
- 10.0km away
Ridgeway School
Hill Rise, Kempston, Bedford, MK42 7EB
Ofsted: Good
Independent
Phase
125
Capacity
2-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Cohort Size
- 7
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 100.0%
- Continued in education
- 100.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 0.0%
- Employment
- 0.0%
- Not sustained
- 0.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 122
- Boys
- 82 (66%)
- Girls
- 43 (34%)
- Capacity
- 125 (100% full)
- SEND
- 100.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 37.0%
- EAL
- 18.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 100.0%
- SEN Support
- 0.0%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 11.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 10.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £28,517/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 12.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 46.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community special school
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 53.3%
- White Other: 10.7%
- Mixed Other: 7.4%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 4.9%
- Black African: 4.9%
- Asian Indian: 4.1%
- Asian Pakistani: 4.1%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 3.3%
53.3%
White British
10.7%
White Other
7.4%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Hill Rise
Bedford, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 109742
- UKPRN
- 10017325
- Establishment No.
- 7012
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