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Oak Bank School

Academy school in Leighton Buzzard LU7 3BE

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  • School Reference Number: 140286
  • Address: Sandy Lane, Leighton Buzzard LU7 3BE
  • Executive Head: Mr Philip Collier
  • Telephone: 01525 374559
  • Website: oakbank.beds.sch.uk
  • Managing Organisation: OAK BANK SCHOOL
  • Type: Academies
  • Sub-Type: Academy special converter
  • Phase: Not applicable
  • Pupil Capacity: 127
  • Local Education Authority: Central Bedfordshire
  • Gender: Mixed
  • Age Range: 9 to 19
  • Admissions Policy: Not applicable
  • Active From: November 2013* (Academy Converter)

* Active From and To dates don't necessarily mean that a school opened or closed on those dates. Schools are allocated a new Reference Number when they change status in any way, for example when a local authority school converts to an academy or when schools are combined or merged.

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Latest Ofsted Rating

Inspected on 26/03/2019

Rating published on 29/04/2019

Overall effectiveness: Outstanding

Effectiveness of leadership and management: Outstanding

Sixth form provision: Outstanding

All Ofsted Reports

Inspection DatePublication DateInspection TypeRatingPDF Link
22 October 2024 28 November 2024 School inspection
8 October 2020 23 November 2020 Monitoring visit
26 March 2019 30 April 2019 Full inspection Outstanding
7 July 2015 11 September 2015 Full inspection Outstanding
5 November 2013 5 November 2013 Academy conversion letter

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Information on this page is sumarised from two sources: EduBase, which is the government database of schools in England and Wales, and Ofsted, which is responsible for inspecting schools and educational establishments in England. You can view the full, unedited data from these providers below. Ofsted data will only be available for currently active registrations and recently closed registrations.

Unique Reference Number140286
Local Authority Code823
Local Authority NameCentral Bedfordshire
Establishment Number7018
School / College NameOak Bank School
Establishment Type Code44
Establishment typeAcademy special converter
Establishment Type Group Code10
Establishment Type GroupAcademies
Establishment Status Code1
Establishment statusOpen
Reason Establishment Opened Code10
Reason establishment openedAcademy Converter
Open date01-11-2013
Reason Establishment Closed Code99
Reason establishment closed
Close date
Phase Of Education Code 0
Phase of educationNot applicable
Age range Low9
Age range High19
Boarders Code1
BoardersNo boarders
Nursery provisionNot applicable
Official Sixth Form Code1
Official sixth formHas a sixth form
Gender Code3
Gender of entryMixed
Religious Character Code00
Religious characterDoes not apply
Religious ethosNone
Diocese Code0000
DioceseNot applicable
Admissions Policy Code0
Admissons policyNot applicable
School capacity127
Special Classes Code1
Special classesHas Special Classes
Census Date18-01-2024
Number of Pupils127
Number of Boys112
Number of Girls15
Percentage Free School Meals60.00
Trust School Flag Code5
Trust School Flag Supported by a single-academy trust
Trusts Code4064
Academy trust or TrustOAK BANK SCHOOL
School Sponsor Flag-
Academy sponsor
Federation FlagNot applicable
Federations Code
Federation
UKPRN10043921
FEHE Identifier
Further education typeNot applicable
Last Changed Date16-01-2025
StreetSandy Lane
Locality
Address3
TownLeighton Buzzard
County (name)Bedfordshire
PostcodeLU7 3BE
Websitewww.oakbank.beds.sch.uk
Telephone01525374559
Headteacher/Principal titleMr
Headteacher/Principal first namePhilip
Headteacher/Principal last nameCollier
Headteacher/Principal Job TitleExecutive Head
BSO Inspectorate NameNot applicable
Inspectorate Report
Date of Last Inspection Visit
Next Inspection Visit
Teenage mothers provisionNot applicable
Teenage mothers capacity
Childcare facilities provisionNot applicable
SEN facilitiesNot applicable
Pupils with EBDNot applicable
Number of places
Full time provision
Pupils educated by other providersNot applicable
Section 41 approvedNot applicable
SEN provision
Type of resourced provisionResourced provision
Resourced provision number on roll127
Resourced provision capacity127
SEN unit number on roll
SEN unit capacity
Government Office Region CodeG
Government Office RegionEast of England
District CodeE06000056
DistrictCentral Bedfordshire
Ward CodeE05014414
WardLeighton-Linslade North
Parliamentary Constituency CodeE14001206
Parliamentary ConstituencyDunstable and Leighton Buzzard
Urban/Rural CodeC1
Urban/Rural Description(England/Wales) Urban city and town
GSS LA CodeE06000056
Easting492259
Northing227265
Middle Super Output Area (MSOA)Central Bedfordshire 020
Lower Super Output Area (LSOA)Central Bedfordshire 020D
Inspectorate Name
Number of special pupils under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Number of special pupils not under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Boarding Establishment
Proprietor's Name
Previous Local Authority Code820
Previous local authorityPre LGR (2009) Bedfordshire
Previous establishment number
Country
UPRN100081006037
Site Name
QAB Code0
QAB NameNot applicable
Establishment Accredited Code0
Establishment AccreditedNot applicable
QAB Report
CH Number
MSOA CodeE02003638
LSOA CodeE01017606
Free School Meals69
Accreditation Expiry Date
URN140286
Web Linkhttp://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/140286
LAESTAB8237018
School nameOak Bank School
Ofsted phaseSpecial
Type of educationAcademy Special Converter
School open date01/11/2013
Admissions policyNot applicable
Sixth formHas a sixth form
Designated religious characterDoes not apply
Religious ethosNone
Faith groupingNon-faith
Ofsted regionEast of England
RegionEast of England
Local authorityCentral Bedfordshire
Parliamentary constituencyDunstable and Leighton Buzzard
Multi-academy trust UIDN/A
Multi-academy trust nameN/A
Academy sponsor UIDN/A
Academy sponsor nameN/A
PostcodeLU7 3BE
Number of warning notices issued in 2023/24 academic yearN/A
The income deprivation affecting children index (IDACI) quintile3
Total number of pupils127
Statutory lowest ageN/A
Statutory highest age19
Latest ungraded inspection number since last graded inspectionN/A
Does the ungraded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?N/A
URN at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
LAESTAB at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
School name at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
School type at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
Number of ungraded inspections since the last graded inspectionN/A
Date of latest ungraded inspectionN/A
Ungraded inspection publication dateN/A
Did the latest ungraded inspection convert to a graded inspection?N/A
Ungraded inspection overall outcomeN/A
Number of monitoring and urgent inspections since last graded inspection1
Inspection number of latest graded inspection10057798
Inspection typeS5 Inspection
Inspection type groupingS5 Inspection
Event type groupingSchools - S5
Inspection start date26/03/2019
Publication date29/04/2019
Does the latest graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of latest graded inspection140286
LAESTAB at time of latest graded inspection8237018
School name at time of latest graded inspectionOak Bank School
School type at time of latest graded inspectionAcademy Special Converter
Current school type used for chart C6Academy converter
Overall effectivenessOutstanding
Category of concernN/A
Quality of educationN/A
Behaviour and attitudesN/A
Personal developmentN/A
Effectiveness of leadership and managementOutstanding
Safeguarding is effective?Yes
Early years provisionN/A
Sixth form provisionOutstanding
Previous inspection numberITS450340
Previous inspection start date07/07/2015
Previous publication date11/09/2015
Does the previous graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of previous graded inspection140286
LAESTAB at time of previous graded inspection8237018
School name at time of previous graded inspectionOak Bank School
School type at time of previous graded inspectionAcademy Special Converter
Previous graded inspection overall effectiveness1
Previous category of concernN/A
Previous quality of educationN/A
Previous behaviour and attitudesN/A
Previous personal developmentN/A
Previous effectiveness of leadership and managementOutstanding
Previous safeguarding is effective?N/A
Previous early years provisionN/A
Previous sixth form provisionN/A

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