Edward Peake CofE VC School
Secondary schoolEdward Peake CofE VC School is a secondary school in Central Bedfordshire, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 359 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 8 January 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 4% of pupils at Edward Peake CofE VC School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 50% in Central Bedfordshire and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Central Bedfordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 50% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 3% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103 | 104 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100 | 103 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Central Bedfordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | Does not apply to this school | 43.2 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 41.2% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | Does not apply to this school | 61.7% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 0 | – | – |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Ivel Valley School & CollegeSpecial. School remains Good (Improving), next inspection graded, September 2023780 m
- Lawnside AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), March 20231 km
- Stratton SchoolSecondary. Graded inspection, April 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 41.5 (2025/26, provisional)1.1 km
- OneSchool Global UK - Biggleswade CampusIndependent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file1.2 km
- St Andrew's CofE VC Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met1.3 km
- Biggleswade AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), May 2024. 57% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.8 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Central Bedfordshire
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).