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Redborne Upper School and Community College

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 13–18 · Academy

Flitwick Road, Ampthill, Bedford MK45 2NU · redbornecommunitycollege.com · 01525 404462

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Jul 2024
GCSEs, 2024/25
46.6
average Attainment 8 score. Central Bedfordshire 43.6, England 46
Demand for places
1.1
first choices for each place · Year 9, September 2025
Pupils
1,657
239 over 1,418 places · 117%
Local authority
Central Bedfordshire
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
15.3%
First language not English
3.7%
School census 2025/26
Trust
The Pyramid Schools Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 9 in September 2025, 406 families put the school first and 379 places were offered; 93% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20212022202320242025September 2021: 417 (Places 388)417September 2022: 403 (Places 385)403September 2023: 385 (Places 381)385September 2024: 382 (Places 386)382September 2025: 406 (Places 379)406Places 379
Year 9PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2025Sept 20253794061.1▲93%
September 2024Sept 2024386382197%
September 2023Sept 20233813851▲99%
September 2022Sept 20223854031▲96%
September 2021Sept 20213884171.1▲92%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 46.6, and 44.8% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Central Bedfordshire it was 43.6, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C+ (33.2 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 49.4 (England 46.3)49.42017/18: 48.8 (England 46.5)48.82018/19: 47.0 (England 46.7)47.02021/22: 48.4 (England 48.8)48.42022/23: 47.5 (England 46.3)47.52023/24: 45.3 (England 45.9)45.32024/25: 46.6 (England 46.0)46.6England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
●46.646.0
●44.8%45.4%
▲69.2%64.8%
▼22.9%40.5%
●3.894.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form52.8−2.9
Further education35.5+6.2
Other education0.3−0.2
Apprenticeship4.3+1.1
Employment2−3.5
Not in a lasting destination2.6−0.8
Activity not captured2.6+0.5

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 33.6 (England 30.5)C+2016/17: 31.7 (England 31.1)C+2017/18: 32.3 (England 32.1)C+2018/19: 31.6 (England 32.9)C2021/22: 37.4 (England 37.9)B-2022/23: 29.7 (England 34.2)C2023/24: 35.0 (England 34.4)C+2024/25: 33.2 (England 35.0)C+England 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
178 studentsC+ (33.2)Below average -0.11
178 studentsC+ (33.4)Below average -0.10
85 studentsDist+ (41)Above average +0.53
16 studentsDist*- (41.9)Well above average +2.25
13.5%AAB or better
96.6%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/24186C+ (35)+0.14
2022/23195C (29.7)—
2021/22211B- (37.4)—
2018/19237C (31.6)-0.26
2017/18220C+ (32.3)-0.11
2016/17212C+ (31.7)+0.05
2015/16219C+ (33.6)+0.17

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University53.2−5.4
Further and other education2.5+0.7
Further education2+1.1
Other education0.5−0.4
Apprenticeship4.9−1.4
Employment25.1+2.1
Not in a lasting destination10.3+2.2
Activity not captured3.9+1.6

Ofsted

Redborne Upper School and Community College was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 2 July 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
2 Jul 2024
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, May 2023

Earlier inspections

Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 109643), which Ofsted links to this one.

September 2019 to November 2025

  • May 2023Ungraded inspectionConcerns
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Nov 2017Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesOutstanding
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Sept 2008Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesGood

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109643)

What parents said

77% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (337 replies, to 7 April 2025).

Recommend
77%
Replies
337
21% · 7 Apr 2025
Child is happy at school▼83% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe▼86% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼74% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▼76% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well▼79% agreeEngland 88%
Told what child will learn▼59% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▼70% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▲94% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▼84% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▼67% agreeEngland 80%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼68% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 76% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼35% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 31% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▼48% agreeEngland 68%

based on 98 parents (29%) with SEND

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