School Summary

Bedford Academy


Boys: 630
Girls: 634
Total Pupils: 1264
Opened: 01-09-2010
Ofsted: Good
Head Teacher: Chris Deller
Bedford Academy
Mile Road
Bedford
Bedfordshire
MK42 9TR
Telephone: 01234301500
Website: http://bedfordacademy.co.uk/

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AdministrativeWard (code): E05008754
AdministrativeWard (name): Cauldwell
AdmissionsPolicy (code): 4
AdmissionsPolicy (name): Non-selective
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CensusDate: 20-01-2022
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County (name): Bedfordshire
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Diocese (code): 0000
Diocese (name): Not applicable
DistrictAdministrative (code): E06000055
DistrictAdministrative (name): Bedford
EBD (name): Not applicable
Easting: 506020
EdByOther (name): Not applicable
EstablishmentAccredited (code): 0
EstablishmentAccredited (name): Not applicable
EstablishmentName: Bedford Academy
EstablishmentNumber: 6905
EstablishmentStatus (code): 1
EstablishmentStatus (name): Open
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GOR (code): G
GOR (name): East of England
GSSLACode (name): E06000055
Gender (code): 3
Gender (name): Mixed
HeadFirstName: Chris
HeadLastName: Deller
HeadPreferredJobTitle: Head Teacher
HeadTitle (name): Mr
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LA (code): 822
LA (name): Bedford
LSOA (code): E01017476
LSOA (name): Bedford 015E
LastChangedDate: 16-06-2023
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MSOA (name): Bedford 015
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NumberOfBoys: 630
NumberOfGirls: 634
NumberOfPupils: 1264
NurseryProvision (name): Not applicable
OfficialSixthForm (code): 1
OfficialSixthForm (name): Has a sixth form
OfstedLastInsp: 22-03-2023
OfstedRating (name): Good
OfstedSpecialMeasures (code): 0
OfstedSpecialMeasures (name): Not applicable
OpenDate: 01-09-2010
ParliamentaryConstituency (code): E14000552
ParliamentaryConstituency (name): Bedford
PercentageFSM: 31.40
PhaseOfEducation (code): 4
PhaseOfEducation (name): Secondary
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Postcode: MK42 9TR
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RSCRegion (name): North-West London and South-Central England
ReasonEstablishmentClosed (code): 00
ReasonEstablishmentClosed (name): Not applicable
ReasonEstablishmentOpened (code): 06
ReasonEstablishmentOpened (name): New Provision
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ReligiousCharacter (name): Does not apply
ReligiousEthos (name): None
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SchoolCapacity: 1440
SchoolSponsorFlag (name): Linked to a sponsor
SchoolSponsors (name): Harpur Trust
SchoolWebsite: http://bedfordacademy.co.uk/
Section41Approved (name): Not applicable
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SpecialClasses (code): 2
SpecialClasses (name): No Special Classes
StatutoryHighAge: 18
StatutoryLowAge: 11
Street: Mile Road
TeenMoth (name): Not applicable
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TelephoneNum: 01234301500
Town: Bedford
TrustSchoolFlag (code): 3
TrustSchoolFlag (name): Supported by a multi-academy trust
Trusts (code): 16683
Trusts (name): HEART ACADEMIES TRUST
TypeOfEstablishment (code): 28
TypeOfEstablishment (name): Academy sponsor led
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UKPRN: 10029936
UPRN: 100080995903
URN: 136085
UrbanRural (code): C1
UrbanRural (name): (England/Wales) Urban city and town
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reviews: [{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"11 months ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"This school doesn\u00e2\u0080\u0099t care about mental health, they send us to a teacher and expect all the pain to go away","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"This school doesn\u00e2\u0080\u0099t care about mental health, they send us to a teacher and expect all the pain to go away","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Ellie Scot","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/105057034313591814324\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocIRwvs773FJ3PQq64B3-bF8tFRu1B2re_jWqc1JrqU=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2022-10-13T17:14:43Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"4 years ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"this school is the worst school ever.\nteachers are really disrespectful and rude to parents when having meetings or phone conversations.\ni don't recommend this school for anyone\ni regret sending my child here but she is half way through her GCSE so i am holding hope that she is able to get a decent grade.\ni am not sending my other children to this school\ni would rather Bedford free school\ni have definitely learnt a lesson as i did here reviews but i thought they were biased.\nwhen my child threw up, they did not call or notify me and her head of village at the time had a go at her and accused her of faking it but the doctors had confirmed she had a bug\ndisgraceful !!!!","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"this school is the worst school ever.\nteachers are really disrespectful and rude to parents when having meetings or phone conversations.\ni don't recommend this school for anyone\ni regret sending my child here but she is half way through her GCSE so i am holding hope that she is able to get a decent grade.\ni am not sending my other children to this school\ni would rather Bedford free school\ni have definitely learnt a lesson as i did here reviews but i thought they were biased.\nwhen my child threw up, they did not call or notify me and her head of village at the time had a go at her and accused her of faking it but the doctors had confirmed she had a bug\ndisgraceful !!!!","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Ayesha Jannat","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/104663251288701713985\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a\/ACg8ocKrMFRelnTPh3MisdBwbZp5TZ6nJjbQe3QmtpOHrxG2=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2019-01-10T11:07:38Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"5 years ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"My bike was stolen from the bike sheds and the school did nothing about it i had a steel chain around it and it looks like it was cut with a large tool (Probably bolt cutters) . The gates are never locked and there is only one camera in front of the building that doesn't even cover the bike sheds. If you have a nice bike do not bring it here.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"My bike was stolen from the bike sheds and the school did nothing about it i had a steel chain around it and it looks like it was cut with a large tool (Probably bolt cutters) . The gates are never locked and there is only one camera in front of the building that doesn't even cover the bike sheds. If you have a nice bike do not bring it here.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Subie Fan","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/104231965432136814059\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/ALV-UjW7FIjpw-4c69vj8LKVdonWMOYs_lGQgmowuMW669wm9CQ=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo-ba2"},"publishTime":"2018-07-04T16:30:17Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"3 years ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"Sometimes this is a nice school. Since Mr Deller became the Head Teacher, the school got a little bit better. However the foods and things are really expensive and really need to be cheaper.","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"Sometimes this is a nice school. Since Mr Deller became the Head Teacher, the school got a little bit better. However the foods and things are really expensive and really need to be cheaper.","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Monster","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/100989856041546858612\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/ALV-UjVc-UaUHvUKoZ91OeR0rjvzkZgEkpCxx0m30wA5Vv-h5SA=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2019-11-15T11:08:55Z"},{"relativePublishTimeDescription":"a year ago","rating":1,"text":{"text":"Worst school, community is rubbish and teacher's don't care what's going on for example people vaping inside the bathrooms and corridors, smoking cigarettes in bike shed and kids acting like a badman in the school","languageCode":"en"},"originalText":{"text":"Worst school, community is rubbish and teacher's don't care what's going on for example people vaping inside the bathrooms and corridors, smoking cigarettes in bike shed and kids acting like a badman in the school","languageCode":"en"},"authorAttribution":{"displayName":"Rahul Mehmi","uri":"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/contrib\/108800158410379060042\/reviews","photoUri":"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/a-\/ALV-UjUXHYMKnaqn7U6C3H3tZO916pjCtPPC1qhAXg1dF74AeI4=s128-c0x00000000-cc-rp-mo"},"publishTime":"2021-12-13T23:48:12Z"}]