Bedford Academy
Mile Road, Bedford, MK42 9TR
Data last updated 22 October 2026.
- Phase: Secondary
- Gender: Mixed
- Ages: 11 to 18
- Admissions: Non-selective
- Sixth form: Yes
- Pupils (2025/26 census): 1,480 (751 boys, 729 girls)
- Capacity: 1500
- Free school meals (2025/26 census): 38.5%
- Telephone: 01234301500
- Ofsted: Good (21 Mar 2023)
- Attainment 8: 44.4 (2025/26, provisional)
- Applications (Year 7 entry, September 2026): 722 applications, 293 places offered
Phase, type, gender, ages, admissions, sixth form, capacity and contact details are from the Department for Education's school register as at 21 October 2026. Ofsted inspection records as at 30 September 2026.
Other schools in Bedford
- King's Oak Primary School (0.3 miles, straight line)
- Shackleton Primary School (0.5 miles, straight line)
- Elstow School (0.6 miles, straight line)
- Cauldwell School (1 miles, straight line)
- Bedford Free School (1.1 miles, straight line)
- Shortstown Primary School (1.1 miles, straight line)
