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 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 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 48.0% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 71.0% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 24.7% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.2 nat4.1
- 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
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
- 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% 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
Ethnicity Over Time
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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- Gilbert Inglefield Academy
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Leighton Buzzard · 1.3km away
- C66Leighton Middle School
Leighton Buzzard · 1.9km away
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The nearest secondary schools to Vandyke Upper School
Brooklands Middle School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D43
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Middle deemed secondary
- Location
- Leighton Buzzard, LU7 3PF
- Distance
- 1.3km away
Leighton Middle School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C66
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Middle deemed secondary
- Location
- Leighton Buzzard, LU7 1EX
- Distance
- 1.9km away
Linslade School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C63
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Middle deemed secondary
- Location
- Leighton Buzzard, LU7 2PA
- Distance
- 3.0km away
Cedars Upper School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C60
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Leighton Buzzard, LU7 2AE
- Distance
- 3.0km away
The Cottesloe School
Ofsted: Expected
Score
C59
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Aylesbury, LU7 0NY
- Distance
- 6.5km away