Samuel Whitbread Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
C56
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Shefford, SG17 5QS
- Distance
- 2.6km away
Henlow Church of England Academy
Church Road, Henlow, SG16 6AN
Local ranking11th of 26 secondary schools in Central Bedfordshire
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
900
Capacity
9-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 29 April 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 42.7 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 36.0% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 62.8% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 18.6% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.5 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 86
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 617
- Boys
- 324 (53%)
- Girls
- 293 (47%)
- Capacity
- 900 (69% full)
- SEND
- 22.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 18.5%
- EAL
- 5.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 7.9%
- SEN Support
- 14.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 41.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,051/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.4% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 22.1% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 82.6%
- Black African: 4.1%
- Mixed Other: 3.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.6%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.3%
- Asian Other: 1.1%
- Other: 1.1%
82.6%
White British
4.1%
Black African
3.5%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Church Road
Henlow, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 138027
- UKPRN
- 10037005
- Establishment No.
- 4503
- Trust
- POPPY HILL CHURCH OF ENGLAND MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
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