Robert Bloomfield Academy
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
D52
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Middle deemed secondary
- Location
- Shefford, SG17 5BU
- Distance
- 1.6km away
Samuel Whitbread Academy
Shefford Road, Clifton, Shefford, SG17 5QS
Local ranking8th of 26 secondary schools in Central Bedfordshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1650
Capacity
13-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 3 March 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 45.7 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 42.9% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 68.6% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 389
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 95.0%
- Continued in education
- 88.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 89.0%
- Higher education
- 47.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 12.0%
- Employment
- 29.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
B-
Avg A-Level Grade
35.9
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
37.4
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
181
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 18.8% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 32.3
- 16-18 Cohort
- 464
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1660
- Boys
- 917 (55%)
- Girls
- 740 (45%)
- Capacity
- 1650 (100% full)
- SEND
- 16.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 12.6%
- EAL
- 2.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 5.2%
- SEN Support
- 11.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 92.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,456/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
- 10.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 27.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 84.9%
- Mixed Other: 3.2%
- White Other: 3.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.3%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.3%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.5%
- Asian Other: 1.2%
- Other: 0.7%
84.9%
White British
3.2%
Mixed Other
3.0%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Shefford Road
Shefford, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 137948
- UKPRN
- 10036748
- Establishment No.
- 4079
- Trust
- BEDFORDSHIRE SCHOOLS TRUST LIMITED
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