Bedford High School

Type Secondary
Age Range 11-16
Religion Does not apply
Address Manchester Road
Leigh
Lancashire
WN7 2LU
Phone 01942909009
Reference Number 106523

General Makeup

Number of pupils 1081
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 48.38%
Girls: 51.62%

Year Groups

Year Number of pupils
7 232
8 218
9 217
10 201
11 213

Ofsted Rating Good
Last Inspection Date 2023-11-09
Date Description Report
2023-10-03 School inspection: School inspection:
2018-05-09 Short inspection Short inspection
2013-11-06 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2013-01-23 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2011-01-12 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2010-01-18 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2008-05-19 Full inspection: Full inspection:
2007-05-23 Curriculum and development visit Curriculum and development visit
2004-09-13 Full inspection Full inspection

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

  • English
  • Maths
  • 3 subjects from qualifications that count towards the English Baccalaureate (EBacc), like sciences, language and history
  • 3 more GCSE qualifications (including EBacc subjects) or technical awards from a list approved by the Department for Education
Each grade a pupil gets is assigned a point score from 9 (the highest) to 1 (the lowest). These scores are added up, with English and maths counted twice.

School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
36.9 Upgrade Upgrade

GCSE Results

Metric School Score Percentile (local) Percentile (nationwide)
Grade 5 or above in English and maths 26% Upgrade Upgrade
5 or more GCSEs at grade 9-4 (or A-C) 42% Upgrade Upgrade

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

School Score Percentile (loc) Percentile (nationwide)
-0.74 Upgrade Upgrade

Attainment 8 Score

Attaimenment 8 is a measure of a pupil's average grade across a set of 8 subjects. The 8 subjects which make up Attainment 8 are:

GCSE Results

Progress 8 Score

A progress score is a way to measure how well a student progressed in comparison to other students of a similar starting ability. A score of zero means would mean that a student made the same progress as others that had a similar starting a ability. A positive score would mean that the student made more progress than other students of similar starting ability. The scores below are for the whole school so is the average progress score across all students.

2023 Admissions

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference Upgrade Upgrade
Second Preference 144 14
Third Preference 159 0
From another Local Authority 9 1

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Students getting 5 or more GCSE's at grade 9-4 (A-C)

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