Secondary
Wixams Academy
Green Lane, Wixams, Bedford, MK42 6BA
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 903 of 1750 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.0
- Local authority
- Bedford
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
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Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 57.8
- All staff (FTE)
- 80.1
- Pupils per adult
- 11.6
- Pupils
- 926
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 2026
- AchievementExpected standard
- Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
- Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
- InclusionNeeds attention
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
- Sixth formExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
March 2024
Previous framework
Requires improvement
Safeguarding: met
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceGood
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
- Sixth formGood
March 2022
Previous framework
Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationGood
GCSE results
52%
8 points above the Bedford average (44% across 13 schools)
47.5
2.3 above the Bedford average (45.2 across 13 schools)
15th 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 | 47.5 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.25 |
| Entered the EBacc | 51% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 74% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 52% |
| A level average points per entry | 25.05 |
| A level students | 39 |
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 | 49% |
| 22/23 | 51% |
| 23/24 | 50% |
| 24/25 | 52% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 23/24 | 25.3 |
| 24/25 | 25.1 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.14 |
| 22/23 | +0.19 |
| 23/24 | +0.23 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 47.8 |
| 22/23 | 47.6 |
| 23/24 | 46.1 |
| 24/25 | 47.5 |
Green Lane, Wixams, Bedford, MK42 6BA
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
- Headteacher
- Nathaniel Wilson
- Address
- Green Lane, Wixams, Bedford, MK42 6BA
- Telephone
- 01234608950