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Edward Peake CofE VC School: data, trends and context

Edward Peake CofE VC School is a secondary school in Central Bedfordshire. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
109694
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Voluntary controlled school
Status
Open
Local authority
Central Bedfordshire
Region
East of England
Postcode
SG18 0EJ
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
359
FSM eligible
27.6%
EAL / First language other than English
8.4%
SEND (total)
22.0%
SEN Support
17.3%
EHCP
4.7%
White British
76.3%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
93.0%
Overall absence
7.0%
Persistent absence
19.0%
Severe absence
2.7%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
Central BedfordshireLocal authority92.1%7.9%2.2%
East of EnglandRegion91.5%8.5%2.9%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
17.8%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
6.1%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.24%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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Edward Peake CofE VC School is a secondary school in Central Bedfordshire. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.