Alameda Middle School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D40
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Middle deemed secondary
- Location
- Bedford, MK45 2QR
- Distance
- 1.1km away
Redborne Upper School and Community College
Flitwick Road, Ampthill, Bedford, MK45 2NU
Local ranking3rd of 26 secondary schools in Central Bedfordshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1418
Capacity
13-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 2 July 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 45.3 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 46.0% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 65.2% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 391
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 95.0%
- Continued in education
- 91.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Higher education
- 47.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 38.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C+
Avg A-Level Grade
33.2
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
35.3
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
178
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 13.5% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 41.0
- 16-18 Cohort
- 403
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1592
- Boys
- 752 (45%)
- Girls
- 905 (55%)
- Capacity
- 1418 (117% full)
- SEND
- 10.1%
- FSM Eligible
- 13.9%
- EAL
- 1.9%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.6%
- SEN Support
- 6.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 93.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,868/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 22.0% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 86.2%
- White Other: 3.3%
- Mixed Other: 2.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.9%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.7%
- Black African: 1.0%
- Asian Indian: 1.0%
- Other: 0.6%
86.2%
White British
3.3%
White Other
2.3%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 136559
- UKPRN
- 10033274
- Establishment No.
- 4003
- Trust
- THE PYRAMID SCHOOLS TRUST
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