Vandyke Upper School
Ofsted: Good
Score
C59
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Leighton Buzzard, LU7 3DY
- Distance
- 0.2km away
Gilbert Inglefield Academy
Vandyke Road, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 3FU
Ofsted: Urgent improvement
Middle deemed secondary
Phase
720
Capacity
9-13
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 27 January 2026.
School history and status
Continues from Gilbert Inglefield Academy (URN 138003) since 1 April 2026. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Placed in a category of concern: Special measures.
Safeguarding standards Not met
- Achievement
- Urgent improvement
- Curriculum & teaching
- Urgent improvement
- Attendance & behaviour
- Urgent improvement
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Urgent improvement
- Leadership & governance
- Urgent improvement
- Inclusion
- Urgent improvement
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 643
- Capacity
- 720 (0% full)
- SEND
- 18.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 21.3%
- EAL
- 12.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.3%
- SEN Support
- 14.3%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 17.9:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 35.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,670/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 22.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Middle deemed secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Not applicable
- Boarders
- No boarders
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 76.0%
- White Other: 7.0%
- Mixed Other: 3.1%
- Black African: 1.9%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 1.7%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.7%
- White Traveller: 1.4%
76.0%
White British
7.0%
White Other
3.1%
Mixed Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 152506
- UKPRN
- 10100690
- Establishment No.
- 4014
- Trust
- CHILTERN LEARNING TRUST
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