Redborne Upper School and Community College is a mixed secondary academy with sixth form, based in Ampthill, Bedfordshire. The school provides for 1,600 pupils aged 13-18. It converted to academy status in 2011. 

Redborne Upper School and Community College has a large sixth form, accommodating 450 students, and is also a training school, offering prospective teachers postgraduate and graduate training programmes. 

Headteacher

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Values and vision

As a training school, Redborne Upper School and Community College places a heavy emphasis on high standards of teaching, seeking to develop capable educators through a sharp and attentive monitoring process. Teaching and learning is at the centre of the professional development programme and the retention of quality teachers is a priority. 

Redborne promotes the values of tolerance, believing that social and cultural development is essential for students as they progress as citizens. The Bedfordshire academy has a working farm where students can qualify in agriculture. 

Ofsted report

“Students’ achievements in Years 9 to 11 are outstanding. Standards, which were above average the time of the last inspection, have risen further and are now exceptionally high. The school’s specialist areas make a significant contribution to the high standards. The school’s outstanding leadership is very effective at encouraging and supporting students to aspire to have high expectations.”

Read Redborne Upper School and Community College’s latest Ofsted report