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Schools in Bedfordshire
This page shows schools and colleges ranked on the basis of their pupils' performance in A-level, AS-level and Key Skills exams.

The results are the average points achieved per student. Smaller schools, with fewer than 30 students taking the exams, are not ranked.

Click the name of an institution for a page detailing its performance.

Click the Name column for an alphabetical list or on VA for value added scores or GCSE to sort schools on those results.

In the GCSE columns:

  • the Old measure is the percentage of pupils who gained at least five GCSEs at grades A*-C or the equivalent
  • the New measure is the percentage of pupils who gained at least five GCSEs at grades A*-C or the equivalent including English and maths GCSEs
Click here for a fuller explanation of the figures.

SORT BY NAME SORT BY GCSE (%) SORT BY SCORE
Institution Old New VA A/AS
Bedford School (IND, SEL) 93 87 NA 372.2
Bedford High School (IND, SEL) 100 98 NA 345.8
Dame Alice Harpur School (IND, SEL) 96 94 NA 333.3
Bedford Modern School (IND, SEL) 93 92 NA 320
Wootton Upper School 56 44 992.3 318.5
Sharnbrook Upper School and Community College 75 61 1007.1 299.1
Redborne Upper School and Community College 67 54 998.7 292.8
Cedars Upper School and Community College, The 67 62 1000.5 287.5
Manshead CofE VA Upper School 52 37 992.1 280.6
Samuel Whitbread Community College 49 31 987.8 276.5
Biddenham Upper School and Sports College 44 33 958.5 274.4
Harlington Upper School 65 50 1001.4 268.8
Mark Rutherford Upper School and Community College 47 38 976.9 266.3
Queensbury Upper School 52 43 994.3 251.3
Sandy Upper School and Community College 40 35 964.4 245.7
Vandyke Upper School and Community College 52 36 974.9 230
St Thomas More Catholic School 44 26 1003.9 220.8
Stratton Upper School and Community College 60 32 1000.7 198.2
Northfields Technology College 27 22 948.6 193.6
John Bunyan Upper School and Community College 37 17 989.9 185.6
Hastingsbury Upper School and Community College 31 19 984 181.5
Bedford College NA NA NA 143.1
Dunstable College NA NA NA 95
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