Secondary
Samuel Whitbread Academy
Shefford Road, Clifton, Shefford, SG17 5QS
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 13 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1657 of 1650 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.5
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Trust
- BEDFORDSHIRE SCHOOLS TRUST LIMITED
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 95.6
- All staff (FTE)
- 132.4
- Pupils per adult
- 12.6
- 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 March 2023
Good
Still graded as at
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. 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.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
48%
46.7
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 46.7 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.87 |
| Entered the EBacc | 12% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 73% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 48% |
| A level average points per entry | 35.94 |
| A level students | 181 |
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 | 55% |
| 22/23 | 49% |
| 23/24 | 51% |
| 24/25 | 48% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 37.1 |
| 22/23 | 33.3 |
| 23/24 | 33.5 |
| 24/25 | 35.9 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.10 |
| 22/23 | -0.18 |
| 23/24 | -0.13 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 51.4 |
| 22/23 | 46.8 |
| 23/24 | 47.1 |
| 24/25 | 46.7 |
Shefford Road, Clifton, Shefford, SG17 5QS
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.
Central Bedfordshire 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
- Principal
- Nicholas Martin
- Address
- Shefford Road, Clifton, Shefford, SG17 5QS
- Telephone
- 01462629900