Wixams Academy
Secondary schoolWixams Academy is a secondary school in Bedford, for pupils aged 11 to 19. It had 903 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met
- Inspection
- Report card, 3 March 2026
- Safeguarding
- Met
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Not applicable
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected 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 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Wixams Academy was 43.9, against 44.1 in Bedford and 46.2 in England.
44.2% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Bedford | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 43.9 | 44.1 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 44.2% | 41.7% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 64.9% | 62% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 154 | – | – |
- 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- Wixams Tree Primary AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), April 2024. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)120 m
- Willow Grove Primary SchoolPrimary. No outcome in Ofsted's file590 m
- Lakeview SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), October 2022, before the school changed820 m
- Wilstead Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), October 2023, before the school changed1.7 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).