Gilbert Inglefield Academy, Leighton Buzzard
Gilbert Inglefield Academy is a secondary school for pupils aged 9 to 13 in Leighton Buzzard, part of Chiltern Learning Trust.
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close in 4 days
Deadline Saturday 31 October 2026. Apply to Central Bedfordshire (the council where you live). Offers on 1 March.
Data last updated 27 Oct 2026
Gilbert Inglefield Academy in detail
Results
Gilbert Inglefield Academy has no published results of its own yet. Before it took its current form in 2026, under its previous registration (URN 138003), 49% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 31% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.
Getting a place at Gilbert Inglefield Academy
Across Central Bedfordshire, 91% of families were offered their first-choice secondary school for 2026 entry, and 96% were offered one of the schools they named.
In 2026, families in Central Bedfordshire lodged 144 appeals against secondary school offers; 129 reached a hearing and 35 succeeded (27.1% of those heard).
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state secondary schools to Gilbert Inglefield Academy are Gilbert Inglefield Academy (under 0.1 miles, Good); Vandyke Upper School (0.1 miles, Good, Attainment 8 47.6); Brooklands Middle School (0.7 miles, Good); and Leighton Middle School (1.1 miles, Good).
Gilbert Inglefield AcademyVandyke Upper SchoolBrooklands Middle SchoolLeighton Middle School
The trust
Gilbert Inglefield Academy is one of 21 schools run by Chiltern Learning Trust, an academy trust.
Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 48.5 in 2024/25.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Leighton Buzzard Rail Station, about 1.4 miles away in a straight line.
12 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Hornbeam Close (adjacent), 110 metres away.
The area around the school
Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Gilbert Inglefield Academy stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.
In August 2026, police recorded 145 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and shoplifting. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Central Bedfordshire (47), as is usual near a town centre.
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Gilbert Inglefield Academy are The Rushmere Park Academy (0.4 miles), Beaudesert Lower School (0.5 miles), Clipstone Brook Lower School (0.7 miles) and Dovery Academy (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.
The Rushmere Park AcademyBeaudesert Lower SchoolClipstone Brook Lower SchoolDovery Academy
Sources: DfE school performance data; GIAS establishment links; DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; DfE multi-academy trust performance data; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime
Location
Our estimate from how close the nearest similar schools are and how oversubscribed the council's schools are. It is not a published boundary.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 9 months agoOverall
Gilbert Inglefield Academy has had no graded Ofsted inspection since it took its current form in April 2026. Before that, as Gilbert Inglefield Academy (URN 138003), it was rated Good in June 2016. See Gilbert Inglefield Academy's inspections
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Results at Gilbert Inglefield Academy before it took its current form in 2026 (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25Published under the school's previous registration (URN 138003). There are no figures for it in its current form yet, so these are shown separately.
KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has declined from 60% to 49% (2024 to 2025). Maths has declined from 49% to 31% (2024 to 2025). Writing has improved from 20% to 37% (2024 to 2025).
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby secondary schools
Keep up with Gilbert Inglefield Academy
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Gilbert Inglefield Academy from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Gilbert Inglefield Academy is in Central Bedfordshire; for families living there:
- Central Bedfordshire's school travel policy: Apply for school transport
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 9
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 3
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 9 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 8 slight.
3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 2 on a bicycle.
5 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Central Bedfordshire is 6 (the median across 135 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
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Capacity & Demand
Area Demand Pressure - Leighton Buzzard
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Leighton Buzzard
Across Central Bedfordshire council
Places available
1,710
Applications
1,502
Got 1st preference
91.0%
Got preferred school
95.9%
All secondary applications across Central Bedfordshire council (2026/27), not just this school.
Inspection History
Absence at Gilbert Inglefield Academy before it took its current form in 20262024/25
Published under the school's previous registration (URN 138003). There are no figures for it in its current form yet, so these are shown separately.
7.9%
Overall absence
22.4%
Persistent absence
679
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Gilbert Inglefield Academy
Showing 10 of 11 linked schools
Questions parents ask about Gilbert Inglefield Academy
Are there exam results for Gilbert Inglefield Academy?
Gilbert Inglefield Academy has no published results of its own yet. Before it took its current form in 2026, under its previous registration (URN 138003), 49% of its Year 6 pupils reached the expected standard in reading and 31% in maths in the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments.
What is Gilbert Inglefield Academy's Ofsted rating?
Gilbert Inglefield Academy has had no graded Ofsted inspection since it took its current form in April 2026. Before that, as Gilbert Inglefield Academy (URN 138003), it was rated Good in June 2016.
What is the catchment area for Gilbert Inglefield Academy?
No fixed boundary. When Gilbert Inglefield Academy is oversubscribed, Central Bedfordshire allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
How do I apply to Gilbert Inglefield Academy?
Apply through Central Bedfordshire's coordinated admissions process, naming Gilbert Inglefield Academy on your application. Applications for Year 7 places starting in September 2027 close on Saturday 31 October 2026, and offers are made on Monday 1 March 2027.
How many road collisions happen near Gilbert Inglefield Academy?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 9 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 8 slight. 3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 2 on a bicycle. 5 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Central Bedfordshire is 6 (the median across 135 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Gilbert Inglefield Academy?
Gilbert Inglefield Academy is at Vandyke Road, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, LU7 3FU.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)