Wixams Academy
Green Lane, Wixams, Bedford, MK42 6BA
Local ranking8th of 16 secondary schools in Bedford
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Secondary
Phase
1750
Capacity
11-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 47.5
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 52.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 73.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 51.2%
- EBacc APS
- 4.3
- Cohort Size
- 168
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 92.0%
- Continued in education
- 86.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C-
Avg A-Level Grade
25.1
Avg Points/Entry
26.0
Best 3 A-Levels
39
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 4.0%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 25.1
- 16-18 Cohort
- 75
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 933
- Boys
- 462 (50%)
- Girls
- 471 (50%)
- Capacity
- 1750 (53% full)
- SEND
- 13.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 21.1%
- EAL
- 17.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.3%
- SEN Support
- 10.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 52.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,847/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.9%
- Persistent Absence
- 27.9%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 53.2%
- White Other: 8.7%
- Other: 8.7%
- Mixed Other: 8.0%
- Asian Indian: 5.3%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 3.7%
- Black Caribbean: 3.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 3.3%
53.2%
White British
8.7%
White Other
8.7%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 144595
- UKPRN
- 10064991
- Establishment No.
- 4005
- Trust
- KNOWLEDGE SCHOOLS TRUST