Mark Rutherford School is a secondary academy in Bedford, United Kingdom with 1,150 pupils, part of Mark Rutherford School Trust. Ofsted: Report card, 11 November 2025: strong standard in 2 areas, expected standard in 4, needs attention in 1; safeguarding met. As of 13 November 2026 it is advertising 1 vacancy: Teacher of English (closes 30 November).
Listed on EduAtlas: the school’s official record and its live vacancies. 1 live vacancy.
Salary £34,069 to £52,835 a yearCloses 30 Nov
Full time
Mark Rutherford School is a large oversubscribed secondary school in the northern part of Bedford with approximately 1300 students on roll. We serve a wide-ranging urban catchment…
| Year | Attainment 8 | Grade 5+ Eng. & maths |
|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 provisional | 40.7 | 28.3% |
| 2024/25 | 41.5 | 39.5% |
| 2023/24 | 45.4 | 44.0% |
Department for Education performance tables. Attainment 8 is the average score across eight GCSE-level subjects (out of 90). Grade 5+ is the share of pupils with grade 5 or above in both English and maths. Provisional figures can change when the revised tables are published. Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26.
Report card (11 November 2025)
| Date | Inspection | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 11 November 2025 | Report card | Strong standard in 2 areas, expected standard in 4, needs attention in 1; safeguarding met |
| 14 June 2023 | Graded inspection | Requires improvement |
| 10 March 2020 | Ungraded inspection | School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next |
Ofsted. Inspections graded schools Outstanding, Good, Requires improvement or Inadequate until August 2024. From September 2024 there were no overall grades; since November 2025 a report card grades each area: exceptional, strong standard, expected standard, needs attention or urgent improvement.
| Year | Teachers | Pupils per teacher | Leavers | Vacancies | Average pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 78.0 | 14.7 | – | 0 | £50,517 |
| 2024/25 | 73.7 | 16.0 | 10% | 2 | £47,771 |
| 2023/24 | 78.7 | 16.0 | 24% | 0 | £40,580 |
| 2022/23 | 76.7 | 16.9 | 27% | 0 | £40,687 |
| 2021/22 | 81.9 | 16.1 | 19% | 0 | £40,465 |
| 2020/21 | 82.9 | 15.5 | 9% | 0 | £38,543 |
| Year | Teachers | Pupils per teacher | Leavers | Vacancies | Average pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019/20 | 87.9 | 14.4 | 13% | 0 | £39,413 |
| 2018/19 | 91.9 | 14.1 | 14% | 0 | £39,470 |
| 2017/18 | 88.6 | 15.1 | 16% | 0 | £38,299 |
| 2016/17 | 89.6 | 14.1 | 10% | 0 | £38,677 |
| 2015/16 | 88.6 | 13.9 | 10% | 0 | £38,114 |
| 2014/15 | 92.9 | 13.3 | 17% | 0 | £37,730 |
| 2013/14 | 93.5 | 13.3 | 12% | 0 | £37,097 |
Department for Education, School Workforce Census. Teachers are full-time equivalent. "Leavers" is the share of teachers who moved to another state school or left state schools by the following November, so the latest year has none yet. Vacancies are posts vacant or filled temporarily on census day in November. Average pay is for all teachers, leaders included.
| Year | Sessions missed | Unauthorised | Persistently absent | Severely absent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 | 8.7% | 2.3% | 26.3% | 3.1% |
| 2024/25 | 8.8% | 2.8% | 25.6% | 4.5% |
| 2023/24 | 9.1% | 2.4% | 27.3% | 3.6% |
| 2022/23 | 8.7% | 1.7% | 25.0% | 2.5% |
| 2021/22 | 7.6% | 1.2% | 22.7% | 2.2% |
| 2020/21 | 3.2% | 0.6% | 8.0% | 0.6% |
| Year | Sessions missed | Unauthorised | Persistently absent | Severely absent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018/19 | 4.9% | 1.4% | 10.6% | 1.1% |
| 2017/18 | 5.2% | 1.4% | 13.3% | 0.6% |
| 2016/17 | 5.3% | 1.4% | 16.3% | 1.0% |
Department for Education, pupil absence statistics, autumn and spring terms of each year so years compare. Persistently absent: share of pupils who missed 10% or more of sessions. Severely absent: share who missed half or more. There are no figures for 2019/20 (school closures).
9 past vacancies seen since May 2026: 5 teaching, 4 support. Most often advertised: Learning Support Assistant for students with Autism (2), Teacher of Design Technology 0.8 FTE (2), Admin & Finance Assistant. Last advertised September 2026.
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