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Samuel Whitbread Academy - Clifton

Open events for parents and carers

Tuesday 24 September 2024 – year 8

5:30pm to 8pm (presentations at 6pm, 6:30pm and 7pm).

Tuesday 1 October 2024 – year 8

5:30pm to 8pm (presentations at 6pm, 6:30pm and 7pm).

Thursday 14 November 2024 – 6th form

Open evening.

Type of school

Upper School - Academy

Shefford Road

Clifton

Bedfordshire

SG17 5QS

Telephone

01462 629900

Email address

swa-info@bestacademies.org.uk

Website

https://www.samuelwhitbread.org.uk/

Fax

01462 629901

Headteacher

Nick Martin

Age range

13 to 18

Ofsted inspection

View report on Ofsted's website

Apply for an upper school place online

Published admission numbers (places available)

400

Designated measuring point

Reception office

Oversubscription criteria

Oversubscription criteria:

all ‘looked after’ children or children who were previously ‘looked after’, including children who appear to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted (see definition below)
children of permanent BEST staff (see definition)
children with siblings at the school
children living in the catchment
attendance at the traditional feeder schools – Robert Bloomfield and Henlow Church of England academies
any other children

Definition of 'children who appear to have been in state care outside of England'

Children who appear to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.

A child is regarded as having been in state care in a place outside of England if they were accommodated by a public authority, a religious organisation or any other provider of care whose sole purpose if to benefit society.

Definition of 'BEST staff'

Staff that work within BEST (Bedfordshire Schools Trust) on either a fulltime or part time basis. The parent must be a permanent member of the workforce and the member of staff has been employed at the school for two or more years at the time of application and/or recruited to fill a vacant post where there is a demonstrable skill shortage.

Allocation statistics

Allocation statistics
Published admission number (PAN)	Requests	Places offered	Last place offered
400 (allocated to 420)	505	425 (allocated to 425 due to 1 twin and 4 late EHCPs)	At the time of the initial allocation in March 2024 the last place offered was to a child in criterion "any other children" lived at a distance of 6,533.69 metres from the school. During the on-time allocation, after the final allocation took place, we received a notification of 4 late EHCPs and twins being offered a place which totaled the on-roll number to 425.

In-year admissions