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Redborne Upper School and Community College

About the school

Redborne Upper School and Community College is an open secondary school in Central Bedfordshire.

Latest Ofsted inspection

Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.

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Latest inspection
2 July 2024
Published
10 September 2024
Inspection type
S5 Inspection
Latest outcome
Good

Previous inspection framework

These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.

Overall effectiveness

Good

Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Good

Safeguarding

Yes

Early years

Not applicable

Sixth form

Good

Results and school context

GCSE and key stage 4

393 pupils

Attainment 8

School
46.6
Central Bedfordshire
43.6
England
46.1

Progress 8

The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.

School
N/A
Central Bedfordshire
N/A
England
N/A

English and maths grade 5+

School
44.80%
Central Bedfordshire
41.50%
England
45.40%

English and maths grade 4+

School
69.20%
Central Bedfordshire
65.30%
England
64.80%

EBacc entry

School
22.90%
Central Bedfordshire
28.00%
England
40.50%

EBacc average point score

School
3.89
Central Bedfordshire
3.75
England
4.09

A levels and sixth form

178 A-level students

Average A-level grade

School
C+

Average A-level points

School
33.17

AAB or better

School
13.50%

Pupil context and attendance

DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.

Pupils on roll

1592

Girls

55.09%

Boys

44.91%

SEN support

6.53%

Education, health and care plan

3.58%

English as an additional language

1.90%

Eligible for free school meals in the past six years

13.94%

Overall absence

8.36

Persistent absence

22

Pupil destinations

DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.

After Key Stage 4

Cohort

393

Sustained education or employment

96%

Education

91%

Apprenticeship

3%

Employment

2%

Not sustained

3%

After 16–18 study

Cohort

221

Sustained education or employment

91%

Higher education

47%

Further education

1%

Apprenticeship

5%

Employment

38%

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