Vandyke Upper School is a secondary school located in Leighton Buzzard. 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 11/03/2015. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.5%, which is 0.5 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Vandyke Road, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 3DY
Website: http://www.vandyke.beds.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01525636700
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Central Bedfordshire
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Tim Carroll
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 137169

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 11/03/2015

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 13 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1136
Number of Pupils: 1293
Number of Boys: 643
Number of Girls: 650

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.5% 4%
Persistent absence: 9.6% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Above Average: 0.49 Confidence interval 0.3 to 0.68
Of the 184 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 178 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:39%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:95%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:52%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:50.6
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.45
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Beaudesert Lower School
Appenine Way , LU7 3DX 		3out of 4 783 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
The Rushmere Park Academy
East Street , LU7 1EW 		3out of 4 932 yd Academy converter Yes Mixed More About School
Heathwood Lower School
Heath Road , LU7 3AU 		3out of 4 1,286 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Dovery Down Lower School
Heath Road , LU7 3AG 		4out of 4 1,311 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
Clipstone Brook Lower School
Brooklands Drive , LU7 3PG 		3out of 4 1,378 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Middle deemed secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Gilbert Inglefield Academy
Vandyke Road , LU7 3FU 		3out of 4 211 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Brooklands Middle School
Brooklands Drive , LU7 3PF 		3out of 4 1,372 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Leighton Middle School
Church Square , LU7 1EX 		3out of 4 2,062 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Linslade School
Mentmore Road , Linslade LU7 2PA 		3out of 4 3,218 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Oak Bank School
Sandy Lane , LU7 3BE 		4out of 4 1,549 yd Academy special converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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