Graded inspection · Feb 2025 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades
About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Robert Bloomfield AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade2025
- 1.6 km · Central BedfordshireRemains Good202345.7Attainment 8
- 4.1 km · Central BedfordshireGraded · no overall grade20251.1applications per place 41.0Attainment 8
- 6.8 km · Central BedfordshireStandards maintained202545.8Attainment 8
- 7.7 km · Central BedfordshireGood202444.6Attainment 8
- 8.5 km · Central BedfordshireGraded · no overall grade20251.7applications per place 41.5Attainment 8
- 9.0 km · HertfordshireRemains Good20224.1applications per place 46.5Attainment 8
- 9.2 km · Hertfordshire20263.0applications per place 37.5Attainment 8
- 9.3 km · Central BedfordshireGraded · no overall grade20252.1applications per place
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Middle deemed secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136713 · 823/4034
- Capacity
- 960 pupils · 962 on roll
- Free school meals
- 13.3% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 May 2011
- Replaced
- Robert Bloomfield Middle School (URN 109652)
- Address
- Bloomfield Drive, Shefford, SG17 5BU
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources