Lincroft Academy
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Bedford
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Bedford Borough Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2024–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Lincroft Academy is a secondary school in Bedford for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 3 December 2024. Bedford has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Lincroft Academy catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every Year 7 applicant was offered a place in 2026, as was the case at 7 of the 11 other Bedford secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- For Year 7 2026 there were 154 first-choice applications for 164 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 10 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 48% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Bedford.
- The Attainment 8 score for 2024/25 was 45, against 46 for England.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Bedford schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Station Road, Oakley, Bedford, MK43 7RE
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Council
- Bedford
- Pupils on roll
- 923 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 3 December 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy coming to school and seeing their friends.”
- “They benefit from the school’s welcoming community, where they are well cared for.”
- “Pupils take up the many opportunities available to develop their interests.”
To improve
- “However, there are inconsistencies in how effectively teachers check pupils’ understanding and use this to inform their teaching.”
- “On occasion, pupils are not given the precise guidance they need to improve their work or build on their knowledge effectively.”
- “As a result, some pupils do not consistently achieve as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 21 January 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 48% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 45 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 154 first-preference applications, 164 offers in total, 154 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Bedford.
- Biddenham International School and Sports College 2.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- St Thomas More Catholic School 2.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Bedford Free School 3.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Goldington Academy 3.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Mark Rutherford School 3.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Sharnbrook Academy 4.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Daubeney Academy 4.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Kempston Academy 4.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published