The Academy of Central Bedfordshire

State-Funded School

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East of EnglandRegion

Central BedfordshireLocal Authority

Dunstable and Leighton BuzzardConstituency

LU5 5PXPostcode

5.5

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

The Academy of Central Bedfordshire is a state-funded pru for pupils aged 11–16, located in Central Bedfordshire, East of England.

The school is rated Good by Ofsted. It currently serves 59 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Ethnicity

White

76%

Asian

Mixed

20%

Unclassified

Pupils

Total Pupils

75%Boys

25%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

61%

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: PRU
Age range: 11 – 16
Deprivation band: Less deprived
Total pupils: 59
IDACI quintile: 2 (More deprived)

Inspection history

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

Standards maintained

Ungraded inspection on 11 December 2024. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
15 Jul 2015	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.