Mark Rutherford School
Ofsted: Expected
Score
D54
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Bedford, MK41 8PX
- Distance
- 2.0km away
St Thomas More Catholic School
Tyne Crescent, Bedford, MK41 7UL
Local ranking7th of 14 secondary schools in Bedford
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1040
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 4 October 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 41.0 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 36.6% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 49.7% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 153
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 96.0%
- Continued in education
- 90.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 3.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 77.0%
- Higher education
- 42.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 28.0%
- Not sustained
- 20.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C-
Avg A-Level Grade
26.9
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
27.3
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
73
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 7.1% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 25.1
- 16-18 Cohort
- 177
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 929
- Boys
- 445 (50%)
- Girls
- 448 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1040 (86% full)
- SEND
- 10.4%
- FSM Eligible
- 21.2%
- EAL
- 36.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.6%
- SEN Support
- 7.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 57.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,715/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
- 10.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 34.6% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 27.2%
- Black African: 25.5%
- White Other: 16.5%
- Asian Indian: 5.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 5.3%
- Asian Other: 2.9%
- Mixed Other: 2.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.6%
27.2%
White British
25.5%
Black African
16.5%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Tyne Crescent
Bedford, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 139517
- UKPRN
- 10041037
- Establishment No.
- 4605
- Trust
- OUR LADY IMMACULATE CATHOLIC ACADEMIES TRUST LTD
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