Bedford Free School

Cauldwell Street, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK42 9AD

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About this school

Bedford Free School is a Free schools serving secondary age pupils, located in Bedford, Bedfordshire. The school has 525 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Outstanding (graded inspection, 15 January 2020). Last inspected 15 January 2020. The Principal is Tom Wood. The school is administered by Bedford local authority. It belongs to ADVANTAGE SCHOOLS. It opened in 1 September 2012.

School details

Principal

Tom Wood

Trust

ADVANTAGE SCHOOLS

Local authority

Bedford

Gender

Mixed

URN

138228

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at Bedford Free School are handled by the school or the local authority (Bedford). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
• Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
• Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
• EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

Source: Department for Education school performance data. Check this school on GOV.UK →

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