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  • The Academy of Central Bedfordshire
    Kingsland Campus
    Parkside Drive
    Houghton Regis
    Bedfordshire
    LU5 5PX
  • Head: Headteacher Paul Green
  • T 01582 343878
  • E [email protected]
  • W www.acb.beds.sch.uk
  • A state school for boys and girls aged from 11 to 16.
  • Boarding: No
  • Local authority: Central Bedfordshire
  • Pupils: 67
  • Religion: None
  • Ofsted:
    • Latest Overall effectiveness Good 1
      • Effectiveness of leadership and management Good 2
    • 1 Short inspection 11th July 2019
    • 2 Full inspection 16th June 2015

    Short inspection reports only give an overall grade; you have to read the report itself to gauge whether the detailed grading from the earlier full inspection still stands.

  • Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report

What the school says...

The Academy of Central Bedfordshire is an Alternative Provision Free School based in Central Bedfordshire that opened in September 2013. The Academy of Central Bedfordshire works with local schools to provide an alternative choice for young people aged 11- 16.

The aim of the school is to promote engagement in learning, raise aspirations and achievement by providing students with a curriculum that is individually tailored to their needs. ...Read more

This is not currently a GSG-reviewed school.

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Who came from where

Interpreting catchment maps

The maps show in colour where the pupils at a school came from*. Red = most pupils to Blue = fewest.

Where the map is not coloured we have no record in the previous three years of any pupils being admitted from that location based on the options chosen.

For help and explanation of our catchment maps see: Catchment maps explained

Further reading

If there are more applicants to a school than it has places for, who gets in is determined by which applicants best fulfil the admissions criteria.

Admissions criteria are often complicated, and may change from year to year. The best source of information is usually the relevant local authority website, but once you have set your sights on a school it is a good idea to ask them how they see things panning out for the year that you are interested in.

Many schools admit children based on distance from the school or a fixed catchment area. For such schools, the cut-off distance will vary from year to year, especially if the school give priority to siblings, and the pattern will be of a central core with outliers (who will mostly be siblings). Schools that admit on the basis of academic or religious selection will have a much more scattered pattern.

*The coloured areas outlined in black are Census Output Areas. These are made up of a group of neighbouring postcodes, which accounts for their odd shapes. These provide an indication, but not a precise map, of the school’s catchment: always refer to local authority and school websites for precise information.

The 'hotter' the colour the more children have been admitted.

Children get into the school from here:

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most years
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sometimes, but not in this year


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