Samuel Whitbread Academy
Shefford Road, Clifton, Shefford, SG17 5QS
Local ranking8th of 26 secondary schools in Central Bedfordshire
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1650
Capacity
13-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 46.7
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 48.0%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 72.7%
- Entering EBacc
- 11.6%
- EBacc APS
- 3.9
- Cohort Size
- 396
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
2024-25B-
Avg A-Level Grade
35.9
Avg Points/Entry
37.4
Best 3 A-Levels
181
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 18.8%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 32.3
- 16-18 Cohort
- 464
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1660
- Boys
- 888 (53%)
- Girls
- 772 (47%)
- Capacity
- 1650 (101% 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
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.6%
- Persistent Absence
- 27.5%
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: 80.3%
- Mixed Other: 3.0%
- White Other: 2.8%
- Other: 2.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.2%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.1%
- Black Caribbean: 2.1%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.4%
80.3%
White British
3.0%
Mixed Other
2.8%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 137948
- UKPRN
- 10036748
- Establishment No.
- 4079
- Trust
- BEDFORDSHIRE SCHOOLS TRUST LIMITED