Bedford Free School
Cauldwell Street, Bedford, MK42 9AD
Local ranking1st of 16 secondary schools in Bedford
Ofsted: Outstanding
Secondary
Phase
500
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 46.5
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 36.7%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 62.2%
- Entering EBacc
- 88.8%
- EBacc APS
- 4.5
- Cohort Size
- 98
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Continued in education
- 86.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 525
- Boys
- 270 (51%)
- Girls
- 255 (49%)
- Capacity
- 500 (105% full)
- SEND
- 8.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 28.6%
- EAL
- 64.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.2%
- SEN Support
- 4.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 13.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 38.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,816/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.7%
- Persistent Absence
- 19.4%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- Asian Indian: 16.1%
- White Other: 15.5%
- Other: 15.5%
- White British: 13.6%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 10.5%
- Mixed Other: 8.4%
- Asian Pakistani: 7.7%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 3.0%
16.1%
Asian Indian
15.5%
White Other
15.5%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 138228
- UKPRN
- 10038073
- Establishment No.
- 4001
- Trust
- ADVANTAGE SCHOOLS