Mark Rutherford School
Wentworth Drive, Bedford, MK41 8PX
Local ranking9th of 16 secondary schools in Bedford
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Secondary
Phase
1243
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 41.5
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 39.5%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 61.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 15.0%
- EBacc APS
- 3.5
- Cohort Size
- 220
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Continued in education
- 86.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 91.0%
- Higher education
- 60.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 24.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C-
Avg A-Level Grade
28.3
Avg Points/Entry
29.5
Best 3 A-Levels
78
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 11.6%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 31.7
- 16-18 Cohort
- 130
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1180
- Boys
- 606 (51%)
- Girls
- 574 (49%)
- Capacity
- 1243 (95% full)
- SEND
- 18.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 27.1%
- EAL
- 13.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.6%
- SEN Support
- 14.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 73.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,234/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.1%
- Persistent Absence
- 28.7%
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: 55.6%
- White Other: 10.5%
- Other: 10.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 4.6%
- Black Caribbean: 4.6%
- Asian Indian: 3.6%
- Mixed Other: 2.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.1%
55.6%
White British
10.5%
White Other
10.5%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 139160
- UKPRN
- 10039997
- Establishment No.
- 4085
- Trust
- MARK RUTHERFORD SCHOOL TRUST