Harlington Upper School is a secondary school located in Dunstable. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 10/10/2013. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.5%, which is 1.5 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Goswell End Road, Dunstable

School Information

Address: Goswell End Road, Dunstable, LU5 6NX
Website: http://www.harlington.org
Telephone: 01525755100
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Central Bedfordshire
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Helen Harris
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 137941

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 10/10/2013

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 13 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1360
Number of Pupils: 1194
Number of Boys: 587
Number of Girls: 607

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.5% 4%
Persistent absence: 10.2% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Above Average: 0.18 Confidence interval 0.04 to 0.33
Of the 298 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 294 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:14%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:97%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:57%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:49
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.03
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Harlington Lower School
Westoning Road , Harlington LU5 6PD 		4out of 4 445 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Westoning Lower School
High Street , Westoning MK45 5JH 		- not rated 1,872 yd Academy converter - Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Harlington Upper School
Goswell End Road , Harlington LU5 6NX 		3out of 4 0 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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