Grange Academy
Special schoolGrange Academy is a special school in Bedford, for pupils aged 5 to 18. It had 161 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection
- Report card, 16 June 2026
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Early years
- Not applicable
- Post-16 provision
- Not applicable
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
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, 0% of pupils at Grange Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 57% in Bedford and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Grange Academy was 1.2, against 44.1 in Bedford and 46.2 in England.
0% 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 | Bedford | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 57% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 3% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | Does not apply to this school | 105 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | Does not apply to this school | 103 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Bedford | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 1.2 | 44.1 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 41.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 62% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 25 | – | – |
- Grange Academy teaches pupils with needs that most schools' pupils do not have, often in very small year groups, so its results are not a fair comparison with mainstream schools. They are not shown on the map.
- 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- Bedford Road Primary AcademyPrimary. Report card, December 2025: safeguarding met. 46% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)430 m
- Rivertree Free SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file550 m
- Greys Education CentrePupil referral and alternative provision. Good (overall), February 2024730 m
- Camestone SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, September 2022. 48% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)740 m
- St John's SchoolSpecial. Good (overall), September 2023860 m
- Daubeney AcademySecondary. Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 46.1 (2025/26, provisional)1.1 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Bedford
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).