Gilbert Inglefield Academy
Ofsted: Urgent improvement
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Middle deemed secondary
- Location
- Leighton Buzzard, LU7 3FU
- Distance
- 0.2km away
Vandyke Upper School
Vandyke Road, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 3DY
Local ranking5th of 26 secondary schools in Central Bedfordshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1440
Capacity
13-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 24 January 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 47.6 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 45.8% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 67.8% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 345
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
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C+
Avg A-Level Grade
34.9
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
37.0
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
201
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 14.5% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 34.1
- 16-18 Cohort
- 415
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1507
- Boys
- 760 (50%)
- Girls
- 757 (50%)
- 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
*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
- 7.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 20.7% nat15.8%
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: 85.7%
- White Other: 4.8%
- Mixed Other: 2.0%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.8%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.1%
- Black African: 0.6%
- Black Caribbean: 0.6%
85.7%
White British
4.8%
White Other
2.0%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Vandyke Road
Leighton Buzzard, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 137169
- UKPRN
- 10034855
- Establishment No.
- 4096
- Trust
- VANDYKE UPPER SCHOOL
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