Ivel Valley School & College

State-Funded School

ivel-valley-school-college-central-bedfordshire-east-of-england

East of EnglandRegion

Central BedfordshireLocal Authority

North BedfordshireConstituency

SG18 0NLPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Ivel Valley School & College is a state-funded special for pupils aged 3–19, located in Central Bedfordshire, East of England.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 261 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2023

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Sixth formprovision

Good

Ethnicity

White

87%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

<1%

Unclassified

Pupils

261

Total Pupils

69%Boys

31%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

43%

England average

27%

First language not English

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Special
Age range: 3 – 19
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 261
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good (Improving)

Ungraded inspection on 20 September 2023. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one. Ofsted has scheduled a full graded inspection as a result.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
16 Oct 2014	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.