Pix Brook Academy

Pix Brook Academy has demonstrated solid overall effectiveness in its inaugural inspection, achieving a good rating across key areas such as quality of education and personal development, while excelling in behaviour and attitudes, as well as leadership and management. The school, which is part of the Bedfordshire Schools Trust, has a clear focus on developing well-rounded, socially responsible citizens, offering a broad curriculum that prepares pupils for future challenges. Staff, including teachers, are committed and well-supported, ensuring a positive environment for both learning and personal growth.

Strengths

• Pupils are proud to attend and show determination to meet high expectations.
• The school provides a demanding curriculum that builds knowledge effectively.
• Behaviour among pupils is exceptionally good, with rare disruptions.
• Strong emphasis on reading promotes enthusiasm and improvement.
• Staff well-being is prioritized, contributing to a happy working environment.

Areas for Improvement

• In some curriculum areas, teachers struggle to make the most effective pedagogical choices.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Pix Brook Academy attended 94.3% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 14.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.5% of pupils at Pix Brook Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Pix Brook Academy had 23.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 17.1% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 9.6% of pupils at Pix Brook Academy were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 5.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Pix Brook Academy received £7,840 and spent £7,383 for each of its 865 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,376,000 (£1,590 per pupil).

Across all 11 schools of Bedfordshire Schools Trust Limited, income was £7,313 and spending £7,140 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Pix Brook Academy is part of Bedfordshire Schools Trust Limited, which runs 11 schools. The nearest others:

• Etonbury Academy Arlesey
• Gothic Mede Academy Arlesey
• Langford Village Academy Biggleswade
• Samuel Whitbread Academy Shefford
• Robert Bloomfield Academy Shefford
• Lawnside Academy Biggleswade
• Campton Academy Shefford
• Gravenhurst Academy Bedford
• Castle Newnham School Bedford
• St Christophers Academy Dunstable

What is Pix Brook Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Pix Brook Academy is Good, from an inspection in March 2024.

When was Pix Brook Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Pix Brook Academy was last inspected in March 2024.

How many pupils does Pix Brook Academy have?

Pix Brook Academy has 1,011 pupils on roll.

What age range does Pix Brook Academy cover?

Pix Brook Academy for pupils aged 9 to 16.

What are Pix Brook Academy's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 44.6, and 37% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

What are Pix Brook Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 60% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Pix Brook Academy?

Pix Brook Academy is at Arlesey Road, Stotfold, SG5 4HB.