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Secondary schools in Bedfordshire

This page shows schools in this area ranked on the basis of their Level 3 "contextual value added" measure.

This compares students' exam performances with the average performance of other similar students nationally.

It is based around 1000. The top 5% had a score of 1033.1 and above.

The ranking needs treating with care. Small differences may not be significant.

Smaller institutions with fewer than 30 students taking the exams are not ranked, while results are not published at all for those with fewer than 11 students.

Click the name of an institution for a page detailing its performance.

BEDFORDSHIRE AGAINST THE NATIONAL AVERAGE: Level 3 CVA

996.3
1000.0

KEY:

LA average
National average

Bar chart shows performance relative to the worst/best

What these figures mean

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School name	GCSE %	Level 2 CVA	A/AS average points	Level 3 CVA
St Thomas More Catholic School	44	1031.3	644	1023.7
Bedford School (IND)	85	NA	906	1020.8
Bedford High School (IND)	92	NA	900.1	1018.3
Bedford Modern School (IND)	0	NA	827.3	1016.8
Biddenham Upper School and Sports College	40	995.1	675.7	1014.7
Dame Alice Harpur School (IND)	99	NA	786.2	1011.4
Queensbury Upper School	54	984.1	646.1	1010.4
Sharnbrook Upper School and Community College	72	1004.8	879.3	1008
Mark Rutherford Upper School and Community College	45	996.7	688.4	1007.5
Wootton Upper School	59	1005.5	736.1	1006.2
Bedford College	NA	NA	576	998.5
Cedars Upper School	66	1000.3	856.8	995.3
Sandy Upper School and Community Sports College	33	983.3	723.4	992.5
Samuel Whitbread Community College	49	995.9	684.5	992
Stratton Upper School and Community College	54	1007.2	646.3	990.3
Harlington Upper School	62	1015.2	744.5	989.3
Dunstable College	NA	NA	618.7	984.7
Hastingsbury Business & Enterprise College	28	971	533.2	983.4
Redborne Upper School and Community College	70	1011.5	782.4	982.7
Manshead CofE VA Upper School	44	985.4	792.7	982.2
Vandyke Upper School and Community College	47	1007.3	760.5	976.1