Secondary
Lincroft Academy
Station Road, Oakley, Bedford, MK43 7RE
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 923 of 1000 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.1
- Local authority
- Bedford
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Trust
- MERIDIAN TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 52.9
- All staff (FTE)
- 82.1
- Pupils per adult
- 11.7
- Pupils
- 959
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 December 2024
- Behaviour and attitudesGood
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
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 inspections2
February 2022
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
July 2017
Previous framework
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
GCSE results
48%
4 points above the Bedford average (44% across 13 schools)
45.0
0.2 below the Bedford average (45.2 across 13 schools)
4th 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 | 45 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.98 |
| Entered the EBacc | 34% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 73% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 48% |
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 | 67% |
| 22/23 | 49% |
| 23/24 | 59% |
| 24/25 | 48% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.41 |
| 22/23 | +0.31 |
| 23/24 | +0.40 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 55.0 |
| 22/23 | 47.5 |
| 23/24 | 51.4 |
| 24/25 | 45.0 |
Station Road, Oakley, Bedford, MK43 7RE
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 Lincroft School
- Emma Appadoo
- Address
- Station Road, Oakley, Bedford, MK43 7RE
- Telephone
- 01234822147