Pix Brook Academy
Secondary schoolPix Brook Academy is a secondary school in Central Bedfordshire, for pupils aged 9 to 16. It had 1,011 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Good (overall), January 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 24 January 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
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, 60% of pupils at Pix Brook Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 50% in Central Bedfordshire and 62% in England.
6% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Pix Brook Academy was 44.6, against 43.2 in Central Bedfordshire and 46.2 in England.
36.8% 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 | 60% | 50% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 6% | 3% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106 | 104 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103 | 103 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Central Bedfordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 44.6 | 43.2 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 36.8% | 41.2% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 68.4% | 61.7% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 76 | – | – |
- 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- St Mary's CofE Academy StotfoldPrimary. Standards maintained, February 2025720 m
- Roecroft Lower SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade830 m
- Etonbury AcademySecondary. Standards maintained, April 2025. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)890 m
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).