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Alameda Middle School

SecondaryAges 9–13Academy

Ampthill, MK45 2QR · Central Bedfordshire local authority

Ampthill’s School Grade C− better than 21% of towns in England

Its letter
22%
of England’s primaries have lower KS2 results
How full
720 pupils
100% of its 720 places
Free school meals
11%
11 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (30)
The gist

What stands out about Alameda Middle School

  • Its own letter, C−: Key Stage 2 results better than 22% of England’s primary schools
  • 52% meet the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 10 points below England’s schools
  • 11% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 30%)
  • Ofsted: Good, October 2023 (shown, not graded)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (MK45 2) sold for a median £435,000; Ampthill’s is £420,000

Results

DfE · Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths 52%

Met the expected standard, DfE’s 3-year average 2023–2025 · higher than 22% of England’s 14,979 graded primaries · Central Bedfordshire avg 52%

0%20%40%60%80%100%England avg 61.6%Alameda Middle 52%

Each subject, 2025

Met the expected standard; the mark is England’s schools · average scaled score: reading 103, maths 102 (100 = the expected standard)

Reading69%
England’s schools 77%
Writing (teacher assessed)65%
England’s schools 73%
Maths68%
England’s schools 75%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling64%
England’s schools 74%

Disadvantaged pupils, 2025

Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths: the 22 disadvantaged pupils and the rest, beside England’s schools

Disadvantaged
32%England 48.5%
Not disadvantaged
54%England 69.4%
Reached the higher standard in all three3%
England’s schools 8% · Central Bedfordshire 3% · 2025

England’s figures are of its graded mainstream state schools, each school counted once; grammar schools are included, which is why the right-hand tail is long. Small cohorts are suppressed.

Ampthill and Central Bedfordshire, side by side

2023–2025

All 47 graded primaries in Central Bedfordshire. Schools with more pupils on free school meals usually score lower, so a school above the crowd for its free school meals is doing better than its intake predicts. Ampthill’s schools are coloured by their letter.

30%39%48%57%66%75%10%20%30%40%50%Pupils eligible for free school meals →KS2 expected standard →Alameda Middle
ABCDElsewhere in Central BedfordshireAlameda Middle
Show as a table
SchoolLetterFree school mealsKS2 expected standard
Lark Rise AcademyA8%81%
Leighton Middle SchoolA11%77%
Raynsford Church of England AcademyA−10%75%
Thornhill Primary SchoolB+17%70%
The Vale AcademyB+13%70%
Derwent Primary SchoolB+15%69%
Linslade SchoolB+9%69%
Priory AcademyB15%67%
Biggleswade AcademyB14%66%
Caddington Village SchoolB16%65%
Pix Brook AcademyB13%65%
St Vincent's Catholic Primary SchoolB−13%63%
St Mary's Catholic Primary SchoolB−23%62%
Robert Peel Primary SchoolB−27%61%
Lancot SchoolB−13%61%
Slip End Village SchoolC+20%59%
Maple Tree Primary SchoolC+12%59%
Hadrian AcademyC+10%58%
Ashton St Peter's VA C of E SchoolC15%56%
Etonbury AcademyC15%56%
Ardley Hill AcademyC13%55%
St Christophers AcademyC9%54%
Alameda Middle SchoolC−11%52%
Fulbrook SchoolC−17%51%
Langford Village AcademyC−18%50%
Houghton Regis Primary SchoolC−18%49%
Robert Bloomfield AcademyC−13%49%
Lime Tree Primary AcademyC−31%49%
Moggerhanger Primary SchoolD14%47%
Eaton Bray AcademyD25%47%
Arnold AcademyD14%47%
Brooklands Middle SchoolD16%46%
Holywell SchoolD17%46%
Clifton All Saints AcademyD10%46%
Parkfields Middle SchoolD11%46%
Tithe Farm Primary SchoolD22%45%
St Swithun's Church of England VC Primary SchoolD17%42%
St. Augustine's AcademyD40%42%
Meppershall Church of England AcademyD17%40%
John Donne Church of England Primary SchoolD17%39%
Kensworth Church of England AcademyD−28%38%
Everton Heath Primary SchoolD−23%37%
Thomas Whitehead Church of England AcademyD−38%36%
Woodland Middle School AcademyD−18%34%
Edward Peake CofE VC SchoolD−28%33%
Beecroft AcademyD−19%30%
Totternhoe Church of England AcademyD−18%30%

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

720 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
9.2%England 14%
EHC plan
3.5%England 3.2%
English as an additional language
2.4%England 19%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
11.9%England 29.6%

Girls and boys

Girls 50%Boys 50%
Its letter

Alameda Middle School’s letter

Its own results against England’s schools, not the town’s School Grade.

Primary: KS2 reading, writing and maths C−Better than 22% of 15,230 schools
How school letters are worked out

Each school’s measure is compared with every graded school in England of the same phase: for primaries, the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (DfE’s three-year average); for secondaries, Attainment 8 and the share with grade 5 or above in English and maths, each turned into a z-score against England’s schools and averaged. The letter comes from the share of those schools it beats, in the same bands as every grade on the site. The same method gives U.S. schools their letters, against their own state.

A+ 95+A 85–94A− 75–84B+ 65–74B 55–64B− 45–54C+ 35–44C 25–34C− 15–24D 5–14D− 0–4

Graded: England’s open mainstream state schools with published results (grammar schools included, which select by test). Not graded: special schools, alternative provision, nurseries, 16–19 colleges, UTCs and studio schools, Welsh schools. Ofsted plays no part.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Ungraded inspection: School remains Good, October 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Alameda Middle School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in MK45 2, the school’s postcode sector

Ampthill property prices →
£435,000
median sale, 539 sales in 36 months · Ampthill £420,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£200K£250K£300K£350K£400K£450K£500K2010201520202025MK45 2Ampthill
MK45 2Ampthill

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£615K
Semi-detached
£430K
Terraced
£340K
Flat
£235K
MK45 2Ampthill

Homes in MK45 2 sell for a little over Ampthill’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Schools within 1.6 miles

3 state schools
0.5 mi1 mi1.5 miNB−C−Alameda Middle School
ABCDNo letterPrimarySecondary / all-through

Ampthill, MK45 2QR

Alameda Middle School: common questions

Is Alameda Middle School a good school?

By its published results, below average: its Key Stage 2 results are better than 22% of England’s primary schools (its letter is C−), with 52% of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 62% for England’s schools. Ofsted: Good, October 2023.

What is Alameda Middle School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (October 2023).

How much do houses cost near Alameda Middle School?

Homes in its postcode sector, MK45 2, sold for a median £435,000 over the 36 months to August 2026 (539 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Ampthill’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.