All Saints Academy Dunstable
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 520 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 36.9
Academy special converter
Oak Bank School
- Pupils on roll
- 123of 127 places
- Free school meals
- 67.6%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 18
- Ofsted
- Standards maintained, 23 October 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Oak Bank School (URN 109747, until 1 November 2013).
What the data says
Of the 16 pupils who finished Year 11 at Oak Bank School in 2023, 0% stayed on in Oak Bank School’s own sixth form (Central Bedfordshire average 43%), 6% went to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 5.8 against 46.1 across England and 43.6 in Central Bedfordshire, with 0% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
19% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and 6% 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.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Oak Bank School | Central Bedfordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 16 | 2,928 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 63% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 56% | 88% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 43% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | 2% | 13% |
| — further education college | 6% | 40% | 37% |
| — other education | 50% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 6% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 19% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 19% | 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
| Measure | Oak Bank School | Central Bedfordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 5.8 | 43.6 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 42% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 28% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.33 | 3.75 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 61% | 18% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 5.1 | 28.9 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 6.9 | 46.7 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 0% | 8% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
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.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 12 | 67% | 88% | 0% | 22% | 8% |
| Biology | 7 | 39% | 23% | 0% | 45% | 14% |
| English Language | 7 | 39% | 89% | 0% | 20% | 0% |
| English Literature | 6 | 33% | 86% | 0% | 21% | 0% |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal Health | 1 | — | — |
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
Harlington Upper School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,156 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.8
Manshead Church of England Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,134 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.0
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.