Weatherfield Academy

State-Funded School

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East of EnglandRegion

Central BedfordshireLocal Authority

Dunstable and Leighton BuzzardConstituency

LU6 1AFPostcode

Academic Performance

Not published

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

Weatherfield Academy is a state-funded special for pupils aged 7–19, located in Central Bedfordshire, East of England.

It currently serves 166 pupils. Weatherfield Academy is part of WHIPPERLEY ACADEMY TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Sixth formprovision

Good

Academic Performance

No key stage 2 or 4 results are published for this school.

Ethnicity

White

72%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

166

Total Pupils

62%Boys

38%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

40%

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: 7 – 19
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 166
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)
MAT name: WHIPPERLEY ACADEMY TRUST

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
6 Mar 2025	Good	Good	Good	Good	Not judged
19 Dec 2017	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.