Wootton Academy
Hall End Road, Bedford, MK43 9HT
822 pupils · 67% of 1,218 capacity
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 13–18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Trust
- WOOTTON ACADEMY TRUST
- Local authority
- Bedford
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 18.9%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2024) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 5 November 2024, published 27 November 2024. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 44.3 |
| Grade 5 or above in English & maths (strong pass) | 45.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English & maths (standard pass) | 63.9% |
| Entering the English Baccalaureate | 17.9% |
Progress 8 is not published nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26 while KS2 baselines are missing (no SATs in 2020/21). It returns from 2026/27.
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 0.96 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 201 | 192 | 251 | 200 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 154 | 143 | 161 | 153 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 141 | 136 | 155 | 139 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 154 | 153 | 163 | 154 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 134 | 131 | 145 | 133 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 133 | 126 | 139 | 133 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 117 | 117 | 130 | 117 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 129 | 128 | 144 | 129 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Kempston Academy 2.7 km · Standards maintained (2024)
- Daubeney Academy 4.3 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Wixams Academy 5 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- Biddenham International School and Sports College 5.5 km · Standards maintained (2024)
- Bedford Free School 6.5 km · Outstanding (2020) · previous system
- Bedford Academy 6.6 km · Good (2023) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 20 July 2026. Report incorrect data.