Community special school

Ivel Valley School & College

Mixed · ages 3–19 · with sixth formCentral Bedfordshire, East of England · Biggleswade SG18 0NLSchool website
Pupils on roll
261of 264 places
Free school meals
43.1%
Year 11 cohort 2025
25
Ofsted
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next, 20 September 2023Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Hitchmead School (URN 109737, until 1 September 2010).

What the data says

Of the 13 pupils who finished Year 11 at Ivel Valley School & College in 2023, 0% stayed on in Ivel Valley School & College’s own sixth form (Central Bedfordshire average 43%), 8% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

Every pupil in the 2023 cohort went on to a sustained destination, against 92% across England.

Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 0% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Central Bedfordshire and England.

Ivel Valley School & College
Central Bedfordshire
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureIvel Valley School & CollegeCentral BedfordshireEngland
Pupils in the cohort132,928607,348
Any sustained destination100%93%92%
Stayed in education100%88%86%
— school sixth form0%43%34%
— sixth form college0%2%13%
— further education college8%40%37%
— other education92%3%2%
Apprenticeship0%3%3%
Employment0%3%3%
No sustained destination0%5%6%
Destination unknown0%2%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.

GCSE results 2025

No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.

Other secondary schools in Central Bedfordshire

Cedars Upper School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,135 pupils

87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.5

Etonbury Academy

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,158 pupils

93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.5

Priory Academy

Academy converter · 830 pupils

93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 46.2

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.