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# Oak Bank School

Oak Bank School is an academy in Leighton Buzzard, United Kingdom with 123 pupils, part of Oak Bank School. Ofsted: Outstanding, inspected 26 March 2019. As of 10 November 2026 it is advertising 2 vacancies: Behaviour Support Worker (closes 18 November) and Teaching Assistant (closes 18 November).

Listed on EduAtlas: the school’s official record and its live vacancies. [2 live vacancies](https://eduatlas.org/#vacancies).

- **Head:** Philip Collier, Executive Head
- **Trust or group:** Oak Bank School
- **Type:** Academy
- **Pupils:** 123 pupils · 14% girls · 63.4% eligible for free school meals · 1.6% with English as an additional language — DfE school census, 2025/26
- **Special needs:** 0 (0.0%) on SEN support · 123 (100.0%) with an education, health and care plan — DfE, Special educational needs in England, 2025/26
- **Local authority:** Central Bedfordshire
- **Location:** Leighton Buzzard, LU7 3BE, United Kingdom
- **Telephone:** 01525374559
- **Website:** [oakbank.beds.sch.uk](https://www.oakbank.beds.sch.uk/)
- **Register number:** URN 140286 ([register entry](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/140286))
- **Ofsted:** Outstanding, inspected 26 March 2019 — Since then: Standards maintained (ungraded inspection, 22 October 2024)

## Vacancies (2)

- [Behaviour Support Worker](https://eduatlas.org/jobs/1mjcgfdkgkp-behaviour-support-worker) · Salary £32,045 to £34,810 a year · Closes 18 Nov · Full time · Pastoral and welfare · Dear Applicant,I hope this message finds you well. I am writing to express my sincere appreciation for your interest in joining our wonderful team at Oak Bank School. Your…

- [Teaching Assistant](https://eduatlas.org/jobs/0q41hrhe6h1-teaching-assistant) · Salary £26,427 to £30,514 a year · Closes 18 Nov · Full time · Teaching support · Dear Applicant, I hope this message finds you well. I am writing to express my sincere appreciation for your interest in joining our wonderful team at Oak Bank School. Your…

## Exam results

| Year | Attainment 8 | Grade 5+ Eng. & maths | KS2 expected | KS2 higher |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025/26 provisional | 11.8 | 5.0% | – | – |
| 2024/25 | 5.8 | 0.0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2023/24 | 10.7 | 0.0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2022/23 | – | – | 0% | 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.

## Inspections

| Date | Inspection | Outcome |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 22 October 2024 | Ungraded inspection | Standards maintained |
| 26 March 2019 | Graded inspection | Outstanding |

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.

## Staff

| Year | Teachers | Pupils per teacher | Leavers | Vacancies | Average pay |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025/26 | 36.4 | 3.4 | – | 0 | £51,561 |
| 2024/25 | 36.5 | 3.5 | 5% | 0 | £47,668 |
| 2023/24 | 38.1 | 3.3 | 13% | 1 | £46,670 |
| 2022/23 | 38.7 | 3.3 | 16% | 0 | £46,621 |
| 2021/22 | 35.7 | 3.5 | 12% | 0 | £41,018 |
| 2020/21 | 28.7 | 4.0 | 9% | 0 | £41,563 |

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.

## Attendance

| Year | Sessions missed | Unauthorised | Persistently absent | Severely absent |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025/26 | 23.7% | 7.1% | 51.2% | 21.1% |
| 2024/25 | 27.1% | 8.7% | 59.1% | 25.2% |
| 2023/24 | 24.5% | 5.3% | 59.7% | 16.0% |
| 2022/23 | 23.6% | 7.3% | 63.9% | 16.0% |
| 2021/22 | 19.9% | 6.0% | 67.3% | 7.1% |
| 2020/21 | 30.6% | 2.8% | 76.6% | 17.8% |

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).

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## Sources

Register details and head: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools. Results: Department for Education performance tables. Vacancies: public job services and the school's own website, checked continuously. Nothing here is estimated.

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