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Samuel Whitbread Academy
Shefford Road, Clifton, Shefford SG17 5QS
Year groups
Year 9–Year 13
Secondary
Pupils
1,657
On roll
Ages
13–18
Capacity 1,650
Local authority
Central Bedfordshire
Bedfordshire Schools Trust Limited
Schola Grade 5
GCSE-style grade (9–1) · compared with 3,207 state-funded secondary schools in England · How we grade
Percentiles compare this school with other state-funded secondary schools in England; the line marks the middle. Data: key stage 2 tests, GCSE results (Attainment 8) and persistent absence, 2024/25 (Department for Education).
About Samuel Whitbread Academy
Samuel Whitbread Academy is a secondary academy in Shefford, Central Bedfordshire, for pupils aged 13–18 (Year 9–Year 13). It is part of Bedfordshire Schools Trust Limited.
It has 1,657 pupils on roll and room for 1,650. It has a sixth form. Its Schola Grade is 5 on the GCSE-style 9–1 scale, compared with 3,207 state-funded secondary schools in England.
Location & nearby schools
School details
- Type
- Academy · What this means
- Level
- Secondary
- Year groups
- Year 9–Year 13
- Ages
- 13–18
- Official type
- Academy converter
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Pupils on roll
- 1,657
- Capacity
- 1,650 pupils
- Free school meals
- 12.80% of pupils eligible
- Academy trust
- Bedfordshire Schools Trust Limited
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Nation
- England
- URN
- 137948
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