Vandyke Upper School
Vandyke Road, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 3DY
Local ranking4th of 26 secondary schools in Central Bedfordshire
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1440
Capacity
13-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 48.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 48.0%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 71.0%
- Entering EBacc
- 24.7%
- EBacc APS
- 4.2
- Cohort Size
- 352
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 87.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Higher education
- 47.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 6.0%
- Employment
- 33.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C+
Avg A-Level Grade
34.9
Avg Points/Entry
37.0
Best 3 A-Levels
201
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 14.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 34.1
- 16-18 Cohort
- 415
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1507
- Boys
- 767 (51%)
- Girls
- 740 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1440 (105% full)
- SEND
- 9.9%
- FSM Eligible
- 15.1%
- EAL
- 5.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.3%
- SEN Support
- 5.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 92.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,386/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.8%
- Persistent Absence
- 20.7%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 80.7%
- White Other: 4.5%
- Other: 4.5%
- Mixed Other: 1.9%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.7%
- Black Caribbean: 1.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.0%
80.7%
White British
4.5%
White Other
4.5%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 137169
- UKPRN
- 10034855
- Establishment No.
- 4096
- Trust
- VANDYKE UPPER SCHOOL