Wixams Academy
Secondary · Free schools · Ages 11–19 · 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 🔒
Wixams Academy is a secondary school in Bedford for ages 11–19 (free schools). Bedford has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2024 to 2026 entry.
Wixams 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 at 7 of the 11 other Bedford secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- Year 7 in 2026 had 154 first-choice applications for 167 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 13 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 52% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 47.5 (England 46).
- That 2024/25 GCSE English and maths result was the 2nd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Bedford.
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
- Green Lane, Wixams, Bedford, MK42 6BA
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–19
- Council
- Bedford
- Pupils on roll
- 903 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 3 March 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils benefit from the improvements that leaders have made.”
- “They follow an ambitious curriculum and enjoy learning a range of different subjects.”
- “Improved teaching supports most pupils to learn well.”
To improve
- “While many pupils get the help and support they need, some still do not.”
- “However, this is not yet having the intended impact.”
- “Barriers to pupils' success are not fully reduced and so these pupils find school life harder.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 May 2026 (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) | 52% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 47.5 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C- | B- |
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, 167 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.
- Daubeney Academy 2.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bedford Academy 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Kempston Academy 2.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Wootton Academy 3.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Bedford Free School 3.1 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Biddenham International School and Sports College 3.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Goldington Academy 4.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- St Thomas More Catholic School 5.1 mi Good Last distance published