At a glance
Key published figures for this school.
Ofsted inspection
Latest Ofsted report card
Report card grades
- Safeguarding
- Not met
- Inclusion
- Urgent improvement
- Curriculum and teaching
- Urgent improvement
- Achievement
- Urgent improvement
- Attendance and behaviour
- Urgent improvement
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Urgent improvement
- Leadership and governance
- Urgent improvement
Ofsted grades each area on its own, from urgent improvement up to exceptional. Expected standard means the school is doing everything it should. These grades cannot be compared with the old overall grades.
Report published 19 Mar 2026.
Inspection history
- Last overall gradeInadequate
This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.
School figures
Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in LU7. Where we have them, council (Central Bedfordshire) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.
- Pupils on roll
- 590
- Free school meals
- 27.3%
- SEN
- 18.7%
- EAL
- 12.8%
- Attendance
- 91.9% Autumn and spring 2024/25
Also: Central Bedfordshire 15.2% · England 25.8%
Also: Central Bedfordshire 16.4% · England 16.5%
Also: Central Bedfordshire 92.9% · England 91.9%
Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the LU7 average; the darker bar is this school.
Compared with England
Persistent absence is 2024/25. Key Stage 2 is 2024/25: expected standard combined, greater depth, then reading, writing and maths. England is the state-funded average. Lower persistent absence is better.
23.7%
1.8% above England (21.9%)
20%
42% below England (62%)
Admissions
Applications and offers
Applications and offers are not published for this school in the DfE school-level data for September 2026 entry.
SourceDfE applications and offers, September 2026 entryPublished 18th of June 2026.
How full the building is
- Roll versus published capacity
- Around published capacity
- Published capacity (GIAS)
- 720
- Pupils on roll
- 590
Pupils on roll compared with the capacity published in GIAS. This is about building size, not applications or offers, and it is not a guarantee of a place.
Applications and offers come from DfE. Last distance offered and catchment areas are not published nationally. Your council admissions booklet has those details.
Check your council admissions booklet via the Central Bedfordshire page.
SEN support
- SEN %
- 18.7%
A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.
Schools near Gilbert Inglefield Academy
Distances are in a straight line from this school. They are not catchment areas.
- Vandyke Upper School
- Brooklands Middle School
- Benjamin College
- Leighton Middle School
- Linslade School
- Cedars Upper School
- The Cottesloe School
Other nearby schools
Sources and freshness
- School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
- Pipeline last checked: Oct 2026.
- Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
- School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
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