Harlington Upper School

Term dates

Academies can set their own term dates. Many follow Central Bedfordshire council's dates, shown below as a guide, but check with the school, especially for INSET days.

• Term
• Holiday
• INSET day
• Exeat

See Central Bedfordshire's full dates

Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

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How places are given: there's no entrance test. When there are more applicants than places, places usually go by criteria such as siblings, distance or catchment area. Check the council's or school's admissions policy for the exact rules.

For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2025, 184 families put this school as their first choice, and 202 places were offered. 184 of the families who put it first got a place (100%).

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Ofsted inspection

Latest graded inspection, 3 October 2023. Overall: Good

Quality of education

Good

Behaviour and attitudes

Good

Personal development

Good

Leadership and management

Good

Sixth form

Good

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Academy

Phase

Secondary

Ages

13–18

Pupils

1156 (capacity 1360)

Gender

Mixed

Academy trust

THE PYRAMID SCHOOLS TRUST

Phone

01525755100

Address

Goswell End Road, Harlington, Dunstable, LU5 6NX

Website

harlington.org

Official school record, including Ofsted reports