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Ivel Valley School & College

Hitchmead Road, Biggleswade, SG18 0NL

Derwent and Southill Federation is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

OfstedGood

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedGood
Attendance91.4%
Attainment0% met expected standard (KS2)
AdmissionsNot published
Pupils261

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

Good

Still judged Good — latest visit found the school improving.

Inspection history

  • Latest ungradedSchool remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
  • Previous gradedGood

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

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School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in SG18. 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
261
Free school meals
43.1%
24.7% above district average (18.4%)

Also: Central Bedfordshire 40.2% · England 49.2%

SEN
100%
73.8% above district average (26.2%)

Also: Central Bedfordshire 100% · England 99.9%

EAL
2.3%
2.1% below district average (4.4%)
Attendance
91.4%
3.6% below district average (95%)

Also: Central Bedfordshire 87.6% · England 87.2%

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the SG18 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.

Persistent absence2024/25

23.4%

11.8% below England (35.2%)

KS2 expected standard2024/25

0%

61% below England (61%)

KS2 greater depth2024/25

0%

8% below England (8%)

KS2 reading2024/25

0%

75% below England (75%)

KS2 writing2024/25

0%

71% below England (71%)

KS2 maths2024/25

0%

74% below England (74%)

Trends

Attendance

Autumn and spring term attendance from DfE pupil absence data (where published for this URN).

  • 93.6%
    2020/21
  • 87.2%
    2021/22
  • 88.9%
    2022/23
  • 89.6%
    2023/24
  • 89.7%
    2024/25

Key Stage 2

Share meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined.

  • 0%
    2022/23
  • 0%
    2023/24
  • 0%
    2024/25

Admissions

Demand signal
Not published from capacity data
Published capacity (GIAS)
264
Pupils on roll
261

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Central Bedfordshire page.

SEN support

SEN %
100%
On-site provision
Special classes · SPLD, VI, OTH, HI

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Aug 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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  • Methodology · Data updates