Secondary
Sharnbrook Academy
Odell Road, Sharnbrook, Bedford, MK44 1JL
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1684 of 1950 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.8
- Local authority
- Bedford
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- MERIDIAN TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 99.5
- All staff (FTE)
- 131.8
- Pupils per adult
- 12.7
- Pupils
- 1,670
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected February 2025
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceOutstanding
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
- Sixth formOutstanding
Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections1
June 2022
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
GCSE results
59%
15 points above the Bedford average (44% across 13 schools)
51.6
6.4 above the Bedford average (45.2 across 13 schools)
3rd of 18 by our score, among the secondary schools in Bedford we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 51.6 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.52 |
| Entered the EBacc | 46% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 78% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 59% |
| A level average points per entry | 33.26 |
| A level students | 158 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 56% |
| 22/23 | 43% |
| 23/24 | 54% |
| 24/25 | 59% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 33.7 |
| 22/23 | 33.1 |
| 23/24 | 32.3 |
| 24/25 | 33.3 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.30 |
| 22/23 | +0.09 |
| 23/24 | +0.17 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 54.7 |
| 22/23 | 47.4 |
| 23/24 | 51.1 |
| 24/25 | 51.6 |
Odell Road, Sharnbrook, Bedford, MK44 1JL
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Bedford admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Head of School
- Clare Keating - Roberts
- Address
- Odell Road, Sharnbrook, Bedford, MK44 1JL
- Telephone
- 01234782211