Cedars Upper School
Mentmore Road, Linslade, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 2AE
Local ranking3rd of 26 secondary schools in Central Bedfordshire
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1350
Capacity
13-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 48.5 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 49.5% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 77.7% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 39.5% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 4.3 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 220
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Continued in education
- 87.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 89.0%
- Higher education
- 55.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 30.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25B-
Avg A-Level Grade
35.6
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
37.9
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
112
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 20.7% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 32.6
- 16-18 Cohort
- 284
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1055
- Boys
- 514 (49%)
- Girls
- 541 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1350 (78% full)
- SEND
- 11.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 15.1%
- EAL
- 10.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.8%
- SEN Support
- 8.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 23.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 44.8
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,216/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.8% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 19.5% 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: 73.0%
- White Other: 7.5%
- Other: 7.5%
- Asian Indian: 1.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.6%
- Mixed Other: 1.5%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.9%
- Asian Chinese: 0.9%
73.0%
White British
7.5%
White Other
7.5%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 137462
- UKPRN
- 10035155
- Establishment No.
- 4011
- Trust
- CHILTERN LEARNING TRUST