SCHOOL PROFILE
Harlington Upper School: data, trends and context
Harlington Upper 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
Pupil and community context
Attendance and absence (2024/25)
Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)
Secondary schools| Comparator | Attendance | Overall absence | Unauthorised |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central BedfordshireLocal authority | 92.1% | 7.9% | 2.2% |
| East of EnglandRegion | 91.5% | 8.5% | 2.9% |
| EnglandEngland | 91.4% | 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)
Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)
Historical trends
Historical trends
School trends over time
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
See Harlington Upper School against 25 similar schools
Harlington Upper 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.