School profile
Gilbert Inglefield Academy
Vandyke Road, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, LU7 3FU
Overview
Gilbert Inglefield Academy is a state-funded school (academy converter) in Leighton Buzzard, East of England, for pupils aged 9–13. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.
School details
- Official establishment type
- Academy converter
- Establishment group
- Academies
- Phase of education
- Middle deemed secondary
- Age range
- Ages 9–13
- Gender of entry
- Mixed
- Boarding
- No boarders
- School capacity
- 720
- URN
- 152506
Admissions
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Academy trust or group
- CHILTERN LEARNING TRUST
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Official inspection data
Ofsted inspections
Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.
Ofsted report card
Inspected 27 January 2026 · Published 19 March 2026
Renewed education inspection framework
This inspection relates to a predecessor school, Gilbert Inglefield Academy. It is not a judgement about the school under its current identity.
- Safeguarding standards
- Not met
- Inclusion
- Urgent improvement
- Curriculum and teaching
- Urgent improvement
- Achievement
- Urgent improvement
- Attendance and behaviour
- Urgent improvement
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Urgent improvement
- Early years (where applicable)
- Not applicable
- Post-16 provision (where applicable)
- Not applicable
- Leadership and governance
- Urgent improvement
Ofsted recorded this school in a category of concern: Special measures. The official report explains what this means and what happens next.
Other recent inspection activity
These visits do not carry a graded judgement and do not replace the inspection above.
Ungraded inspection
Inspected 15 September 2022 · Published 20 October 2022
Outcome: School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next
This inspection relates to a predecessor school, Gilbert Inglefield Academy. It is not a judgement about the school under its current identity.
Previous inspection information
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 28 June 2023 · Published 5 October 2023
Overall effectiveness: Inadequate
Safeguarding was effective: Yes
This inspection relates to a predecessor school, Gilbert Inglefield Academy. It is not a judgement about the school under its current identity.
Ofsted changed how it inspects and reports on schools in November 2025. Judgements from the previous and current frameworks use different systems and should not be directly compared.
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Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school
Location
- Address
- Vandyke Road, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, LU7 3FU
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
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