Alameda Middle School

About Alameda Middle School

Alameda Middle School is a state-funded, mixed secondary school for pupils aged 9 to 13, located in Central Bedfordshire. While the school does not publish a parent recommendation percentage from the Parent View survey, its oversubscription ratio offers a clear signal of local demand: the school is at full capacity, with 720 pupils on roll matching its 720-place capacity. This suggests that every available place is taken, and families are actively choosing the school. The school’s most recent Ofsted inspection, an ungraded visit in October 2023, confirmed that it “remains Good,” a rating it has held since its last graded inspection in February 2018, when it was upgraded from Requires Improvement. The leadership and management, as well as overall effectiveness, were both judged Good at that graded inspection. For parents, this trajectory from Requires Improvement to a stable Good rating, combined with full enrolment, indicates a school that has turned a corner and is now a popular local choice.

Academically, Alameda Middle School does not publish Progress 8 or Attainment 8 scores in the available data, nor are there KS2 SATs or GCSE results to examine. However, the local context for Central Bedfordshire secondary schools shows a local authority average Progress 8 score of -0.46, which is below the national average of 0. Of the 27 schools of the same type in the LA, only one holds an Outstanding rating, placing Alameda’s Good rating in a realistic light: it is performing solidly within a mixed local landscape. The school’s Ofsted breakdown shows that behaviour and attitudes were not separately graded in the most recent inspection, but the overall Good rating suggests a satisfactory standard. Without specific exam data, parents should look to the school’s own published results or ask directly about how its pupils perform in Year 8 or Year 9 assessments, as the school covers the middle years before pupils typically move to an upper school.

The school offers a practical range of facilities including a theatre, music rooms, science labs, a gymnasium, and a sports hall, alongside a library and dining hall. Sports provision includes hockey, swimming, rowing, cross country, cricket, and basketball, while clubs such as Debate, Model UN, DofE, Eco Club, and Young Enterprise indicate a focus on enrichment beyond the classroom. For families with children who have additional needs, the school lists SEND provisions covering Specific Learning Difficulty (Dyslexia), Moderate Learning Difficulty, Social, Emotional & Mental Health, Speech, Language & Communication, Visual Impairment, Physical Disability, and Autistic Spectrum Disorder. With no sixth form and a 9-13 age range, this school suits families looking for a middle-school model that bridges primary and upper secondary, particularly those who value a full capacity school with a clear improvement story and a broad extracurricular offer.

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