Arnold Academy
Secondary · Central Bedfordshire · MK45 4JZ · URN 136829
Exam results
No published key stage results are held for this school yet. That is normal for new schools, very small cohorts, and settings that do not sit national tests. Standards, progress and stretch are scored from the other evidence we hold, and the missing figures are never treated as a low score.
Local authority average class size
Area benchmarkCentral Bedfordshire · State-funded schools · 2025/26
- Secondary classes
- 23.2 pupils per class
This is the council-area average, not this school’s class size. It is not used in your scorecard ranking.
Source: DfE school census · 2025/26Published figures
- English as an additional language
- 5% of pupils
- Eligible for free school meals
- 14.2% of pupils
- Pupils on SEN support
- 19.7% of pupils
- Pupils per adult, including teaching assistants
- 10pupils per adult
- Higher standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling
- 22% of pupils
- Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths
- 7% of pupils
- Pupils per teacher (2025/26 staff census)
- 16.4pupils per teacher
- Reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths
- 60% of pupils
- Teachers who stayed the following year (3-year average)
- 86% of teachers
Data last refreshed 2026-10-12. Source: DfE and Ofsted open data, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Where it is
Distances are straight-line from the centre of your outward postcode, not a walking or driving route, and never a catchment or admissions prediction.
Nearby secondary schools
- Harlington Upper School2.9 miles awayOfsted Good
- Woodland Middle School Academy4.5 miles awayOfsted Good
- Houstone School4.9 miles awayOfsted not published
- Parkfields Middle School5.0 miles awayOfsted Good
- Redborne Upper School and Community College5.1 miles awayOfsted Good
- Alameda Middle School5.6 miles awayOfsted Good
Common questions about Arnold Academy
- What is the latest Ofsted judgement?
- Ofsted rated Arnold Academy Good at its inspection on 23/05/2023.
- Where is the school and which authority runs it?
- Arnold Academy is a secondary school in Central Bedfordshire, postcode MK45 4JZ (URN 136829).
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