Schools in Central Bedfordshire
135 schools across 27 towns
Based on the most recent published single-word Ofsted grades. Ofsted stopped issuing overall grades (Outstanding, Good, Requires Improvement, Inadequate) in September 2024, so schools inspected more recently — under Ofsted’s report cards — may not have one. Figures cover the 59 of 135 schools here that have a published grade.
Central Bedfordshire has 135 schools across 27 towns — 95 primary, 14 secondary, educating around 48,649 pupils. 88% of schools with a published Ofsted grade are rated Good or Outstanding (52 of 59). There are currently 66 open teaching jobs in Central Bedfordshire. Browse schools by town, compare Ofsted ratings and exam results, and find teaching jobs across Central Bedfordshire.
Central Bedfordshirelocal authority guide — teacher pay, ratios & spending →School spending in Central Bedfordshire
Gross expenditure per pupil — LA-maintained schools (2024-25).
Source: DfE “LA and school expenditure” (Consistent Financial Reporting), 2024-25, under the Open Government Licence. Covers council-maintained schools; academies report separately.
Top-performing schools in Central Bedfordshire
Ranked on the latest DfE results. Higher is better.
By Attainment 8 — average GCSE score
- 1Cedars Upper School48.5Attainment 8
- 2Vandyke Upper School48.2Attainment 8
- 3Harlington Upper School47.8Attainment 8
- 4Samuel Whitbread Academy46.7Attainment 8
- 5Redborne Upper School and Community College46.6Attainment 8
Source: DfE performance tables, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Towns in Central Bedfordshire
Select a town to browse its schools and Ofsted ratings
Ampthill
Arlesey
Aspley Guise
Bedford
Biggleswade
Central Bedfordshire
Clophill
Cranfield
Dunstable
Fairfield Park
Greenfield
Henlow
Hitchin
Houghton Regis
Husborne Crawley
Leighton Buzzard
Luton
Marston Moreteyne
Milton Keynes
Near Shefford
Nr Sandy
Sandy
Shefford
Silsoe
Studham
Sutton
Woburn
Outstanding Schools in Central Bedfordshire
Schools rated Outstanding by Ofsted