Wootton Academy
Secondary · Bedford · MK43 9HT
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 26 April 2023
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
822 pupils · 67% of 1,218 capacity
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 13–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 18.9% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 6.5% of pupils
- SEN support
- 14.3% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 3.7% of pupils
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Website
- www.wootton.beds.sch.uk
- URN
- 137522
Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026
0.96 first-choice applications per place201 places offered · 192 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Admissions demand: Year 9 entry, September 2016
1.11 first-choice applications per place293 places offered · 326 first-choice applications · oversubscribed
First-choice applications per place, by entry year
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
GCSE results (2024/2025)
285 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025
Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
79% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 6% moved to another state school · 14% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Where pupils go after GCSEs
Destinations measured the year after leaving, latest DfE destination measures release.
Inspection history since 2015
- 5 November 2024: S5 Inspection
- 25 April 2023: School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next
- 7 November 2017: Good
- 19 May 2016: Taking effective action to tackle the areas requiring improvement
- 8 December 2015: Requires improvement
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.