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Lincroft Academy

Ofsted: Good · December 2024State secondary · 11 to 16Mixed923 pupils
Station Road, Oakley, Bedford, MK43 7RE
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COULD YOUR CHILD GET A PLACE? · YEAR 7 2027

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Summary

The key facts, in one place
GCSE (key stage 4) The league rank: the school's place among its council's schools of the same phase on the newest year's DfE results, the same rank as on the Schools map. England: the same figure across England. Band: Top 28%.
3rdof 11 in Bedford
Top 29%in England
Top 28%band
See the Bedford league table →
Inspection
Good, December 2024
Getting in
Nobody refused in 2026
Results
+0.40 progress 8; 50.4 attainment 8
Size
923 pupils; 164 places a year; classes of 24
Run by
Meridian Trust
Type
Academy converter
Ages
11 to 16 · Mixed
Ofsted, December 2024The judgements from the school's latest inspection. Reports from November 2025 use Ofsted's new report card, with different headings; we show whichever the latest report uses.Read the report ↗
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Leadership and managementGood
Strengths, and things to check
  • Progress 8: +0.40, against +0.22 in Bedford.
  • Attainment 8: 50.4, against 44.9 in Bedford.
  • Suspensions per 100 pupils: 21.1, against 16.9 in Bedford.
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At a glance

Against Bedford and England
This schoolBedfordEnglandHover or tap a bar for the figures
Academic
Progress 8How far pupils progressed between the end of primary school and GCSEs, against pupils across England who started at the same level. 0 is average; +0.5 means half a grade better in each subject.
+0.40
Better than Bedford
Attainment 8The average GCSE score across eight subjects, including English and maths counted twice. A grade 5 in all eight would score 50.
50.4
Better than Bedford
English and maths, grade 5+The share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE (a strong pass).
56%
Better than Bedford
Attendance and behaviour
Sessions missedHalf-day sessions missed, authorised or not, as a share of all sessions in the school year (DfE pupil absence). Lower is better.
7.8%
In line with Bedford
Persistently absentPupils who missed one session in ten or more. Lower is better.
21.8%
Better than Bedford
Suspensions per 100 pupilsSuspensions in the school year for every 100 pupils on roll. Lower is better; one or two incidents move a small school a lot.
21.1
Worse than Bedford
Pupils and classes
Average class sizeAverage pupils per class, from the school census. Shown for context, not as a score.
24.1
Context
Free school mealsPupils eligible for free school meals. Context for reading the results, not a measure of the school.
14%
Context
Pupils for each teacherPupils on roll for each full-time teacher, from the school workforce census. Shown for context.
16.7
Context
Demand for places
First choices per placeFamilies who put this school first, for each Year 7 place in 2026 (DfE applications and offers). Above 1 means more first choices than places.
0.9
In line with Bedford
Bedford and England: DfE's own averages for results. For the rest, the middle state secondary school of the same phase, from every school we hold, since DfE publishes no council figure we hold.Guide: what these measures mean →

Overview

Getting in

  • 154 families put it first for 164 places; every one of them got in DfE, school applications and offers · Year 7 2026
  • We hold no catchment map for this school, so we can't say which addresses are inside it.

Quality

  • Good Ofsted · inspected 3 December 2024
  • Progress 8: +0.40 (England +0.01) (county +0.22) DfE school performance tables · 2023/2024
  • Attainment 8: 50.4 (England 47.4) (county 44.9) DfE school performance tables · 2025/2026
  • English and maths grade 5 or above: 56% (England 48%) (county 42%) DfE school performance tables · 2025/2026
  • Progress, set against pupils who started with the same results: above average DfE school performance tables · 2023/2024

Daily life

  • Absence: 7.8% of sessions missed; 22% of pupils miss 1 in 10 or more. Schools with a similar intake: 7.4% and 19% DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level · 2024/25
  • Suspensions: 21 per 100 pupils (schools with a similar intake: 9); 3 permanent exclusions DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level · 2024/25
  • Classes average 24.1 pupils; 10% of classes have more than 30 DfE, school workforce and pupil census · 2025/26
  • 16.7 pupils for each teacher DfE, school workforce · November 2025
  • Nearest stops, in a straight line: bus 51 m DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes) · within 800 m
  • 3 police-reported road collisions within 500 m (0 fatal, 2 serious) DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years · 2021 to 2025
  • Air: nitrogen dioxide 6.9 µg/m³, PM2.5 6.9 (1 km square, background level) DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps · 2024

Who runs it

  • Meridian Trust, with 36 schools DfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined September 2021
  • Opened as an academy (converter) on 1 February 2011 DfE, open academies list
  • Replaced Lincroft Middle School (URN 109708) DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 1 February 2011
  • We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.

Getting in

How far offers reached

How far away the last child offered a place under the distance rule lived, as the council measures it. It changes every year with who applies: a record, not a promise. Children with a higher priority can be offered places from further away.

Year 7. Distance of the last child offered a place on offer day. How places are offered →

Offer day, year by year

EntryYearPlacesApplicationsOfferedRefusedLast distance (miles)
Year 72026210178178none—
Year 72025210190190none—

Source: Council offer-day figures: Bedford Borough Council, 2025 to 2026. A dash is a figure the council does not publish, not nought. Distances are straight lines from the school.

Applications and offers, DfE

EntryYearPlacesFirst choicesAny choiceFirst choices offered
Year 72026164154280154
Year 72025181159272159
Year 72024184163278163
Year 72023187166266166
Year 72022206186280183
Year 72021201209327188
Year 72020207205308189
Year 72019205176273175

Source: DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence), 2019 to 2026. Families name up to three schools, so most applications are somebody's second or third choice.

Could you get in?Enter a home or postcode: we set it against every year's last offer and this school's rules.

Results

Results

MeasureThis schoolEnglandCouncilYear
Progress 8+0.40+0.01+0.222023/2024
Attainment 850.447.444.92025/2026
English and maths grade 5 or above56%48%42%2025/2026

Source: DfE school performance tables, 2023/2024, 2025/2026.

League table place

TableBandEnglandCouncil
GCSE (key stage 4)Top 28%932 of 3,2233 of 11

Source: DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase.

Inspections

DateKindOutcome
3 December 2024Graded inspectionQuality of education: Good

Source: Ofsted, 2024.

Where leavers go

StageLeavers inPupilsIn a sustained placeOf which
After GCSEs2023/2420497%In education 92%; Apprenticeship 2.9%; Employment 2.0%
After GCSEs2022/2318998%In education 95%; Apprenticeship 1.6%; Employment 1.6%
After GCSEs2021/2217695%In education 92%; Apprenticeship 1.7%; Employment 1.7%

Source: DfE, destination measures. A figure DfE hides for a small group is left out, not shown as nought. The newest year may be provisional.

Bedford league tableEvery school of this phase in the council on these results.See the table →

Daily life

Absence

YearSessions missedAuthorisedUnauthorisedPupils missing 1 in 10Pupils missing 1 in 2
2024/257.8%6.0%1.8%22%3.7%
2023/248.0%6.1%1.9%25%2.7%
2022/238.5%6.8%1.8%26%2.3%
Schools with a similar intake7.4%19%

Source: DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level, 2024-25. Similar intake: state schools of the same phase with free school meals in the same band (10-20%), the median of 831 schools.

Suspensions and exclusions

YearSuspensions per 100 pupilsPupils suspendedSuspensionsPermanent exclusions
2024/2521.110.0%1963
2023/2423.111%2227
2022/2324.29.7%2444
Schools with a similar intake8.9

Source: DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level, 2024-25.

Class sizes and staff

MeasureFigureYear
Average class size24.12025/26
Classes over 30 pupils10%2025/26
Pupils for each teacher16.7November 2025

Source: DfE, school workforce; school census, 2025/26.

Stops nearby

KindNearest (metres, straight line)
bus51

Source: DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes), current. A stop across a railway or main road may be a long walk. Bus frequency is not held.

Road collisions within 500 m

YearCollisions
20251
20240
20231
20221
20210

Source: DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years, 2021 to 2025. 2 serious and 0 fatal in all; 1 involved a pedestrian, 0 a cyclist. Only collisions with an injury reported to police are counted.

Air quality

PollutantAnnual mean (µg/m³)Year
NO26.92024
PM1012.42024
PM256.92024

Source: DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps. A 1 km background figure: not the air at the school gate beside a busy road.

Pupils

Who goes there

MeasureShare of pupilsYear
Eligible for free school meals14%2025/26
First language other than English8.6%2025/26
SEN support12%2025/26
Education, health and care plan6.0%2025/26
Girls49%2025/26

Source: DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs, 2025/26.

Who runs it

Who runs it

  • Meridian Trust, with 36 schools DfE, Get Information about Schools: group links · joined September 2021
  • Opened as an academy (converter) on 1 February 2011 DfE, open academies list
  • Replaced Lincroft Middle School (URN 109708) DfE, Get Information about Schools: links · 1 February 2011
  • We can't compare results before and after it converted: we hold results for only one side of the date, because DfE publishes a few years at a time.

Area

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Sources

  • Council offer-day figures: Bedford Borough Council
  • DEFRA, Pollution Climate Mapping (PCM) 1 km background maps
  • DfE school performance tables
  • DfE school performance tables: the newest year's results, place among the council's schools of the same phase
  • DfE, Primary and secondary school applications and offers (school level, Open Government Licence)
  • DfE, Pupil absence in schools in England: absence rates by school level
  • DfE, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England: school level
  • DfE, destination measures
  • DfE, school workforce; school census
  • DfE, schools, pupils and their characteristics; special educational needs
  • DfT, NaPTAN (National Public Transport Access Nodes)
  • DfT, Road safety data (STATS19): collisions and casualties, last five years
  • Ofsted
  • School register: DfE Get Information about Schools (this school)
  • How we check these figures: How we know

More in schools in Bedford and the Bedford league table. School register: DfE Get Information about Schools, updated 17 October 2026.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources are named beside each figure. All sources.