Etonbury Academy
Secondary schoolEtonbury Academy is a secondary school in Central Bedfordshire, for pupils aged 9 to 19. It had 1,158 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Standards maintained, April 2025
Before that: Good (overall), February 2020
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 11 February 2020
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Standards maintained, 24 April 2025
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, 67% of pupils at Etonbury Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 50% in Central Bedfordshire and 62% in England.
7% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Etonbury Academy was 45.8, against 43.2 in Central Bedfordshire and 46.2 in England.
50.3% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Central Bedfordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 67% | 50% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 7% | 3% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106 | 104 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104 | 103 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Central Bedfordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 45.8 | 43.2 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 50.3% | 41.2% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 70.6% | 61.7% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 153 | – | – |
- 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- Pix Brook AcademySecondary. Good (overall), January 2024. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)900 m
- Gothic Mede AcademyPrimary. School remains Good, March 20231.3 km
- Roecroft Lower SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade1.5 km
- St Mary's CofE Academy StotfoldPrimary. Standards maintained, February 20251.6 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).