Academy · Central Bedfordshire
Manshead Church of England Academy
- Secondary
- Ages 11–19
- Church of England
- Sixth form
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.
2026/27
2027/28
Admissions
Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.
Apply for a secondary school place on GOV.UK
How places are given: as a Church of England school, it may give priority to children of that faith, then usually by distance. Check its admissions policy.
For the sixth form, apply to the school directly.
How many families applied: Year 7
For September 2026, 162 families put this school as their first choice, and 189 places were offered. 162 of the families who put it first got a place (100%).
| Entry | Places offered | Put it first | Got their first choice |
|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026 | 189 | 162 | 100% |
| September 2025 | 20 | 11 | 100% |
| September 2024 | 14 | 17 | 76% |
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
Report card, 3 February 2026. Ofsted now grades each area separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, with no single overall grade.
- Inclusion
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Sixth form
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
Safeguarding standards: met.
Previous inspection, 15 September 2021. Overall: Good
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
- 11–19
- Pupils
- 1134 (capacity 1350)
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Diocese
- Diocese of St Albans
- Academy trust
- DIOCESE OF ST ALBANS MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
- Phone
- 01582679400
- Address
- Dunstable Road, Caddington, Luton, LU1 4BB
- Website
- mansheadschool.co.uk
School details from the Department for Education's register of schools (Open Government Licence). Report a correction.