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Weatherfield Academy

Mixed · ages 7–19 · with sixth formCentral Bedfordshire, East of England · Dunstable LU6 1AFTrust: Whipperley Academy TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
166of 133 places
Free school meals
43.0%
Year 11 cohort 2025
21
Ofsted
School remains Good, 5 November 2024Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Weatherfield School (URN 109736, until 1 March 2012).

What the data says

Of the 24 pupils who finished Year 11 at Weatherfield Academy in 2023, 0% stayed on in Weatherfield Academy’s own sixth form (Central Bedfordshire average 43%), 8% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

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.

Weatherfield Academy
Central Bedfordshire
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureWeatherfield AcademyCentral BedfordshireEngland
Pupils in the cohort242,928607,348
Any sustained destination96%93%92%
Stayed in education96%88%86%
— school sixth form0%43%34%
— sixth form college0%2%13%
— further education college8%40%37%
— other education88%3%2%
Apprenticeship0%3%3%
Employment0%3%3%
No sustained destination4%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.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
Art and Design15%7%24%

Other secondary schools in Central Bedfordshire

Cedars Upper School

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87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.5

Etonbury Academy

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93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.5

Priory Academy

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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.