Redborne Upper School and Community College

Coordinates: 52°01′08″N 0°29′49″W / 52.019°N 0.497°W / 52.019; -0.497

Redborne Upper School and Community College
Type	Academy
Headteacher	Mr. N. K. Croft
Location	Flitwick Road Ampthill Bedfordshire MK45 2NU England
Local authority	Central Bedfordshire
DfE number	823/4003
DfE URN	136559 Tables
Ofsted	Reports Pre-academy reports
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	13–18
Colours	Black & Red
Website	redbornecommunitycollege.com

Redborne Upper School and Community College is an academy school located in Ampthill, Bedfordshire, England. The school serves the population of Ampthill, Flitwick and surrounding villages.

Redborne is a designated Training school. As a training school the school offers a postgraduate programme as well as a Graduate Teacher Programme, and an Access to Education Scheme. Through this the school has links with the University of Bedfordshire, Oxford Brookes University and Bedford College.

In July 2009, the school was awarded an Artsmark gold award from Arts Council England. The award is in recognition of the school's excellence in arts education.^[1]

The school was previously a specialist Sports College, however on 1 April 2011, the school formally gained academy status.

The school also has a working farm allowing a qualification in agriculture.^[2]

References

↑ "Bedfordshire Local News, Local News Headlines in Bedford | Bedfordshire Newspaper Online | School handed top arts awarded". Bedsonsunday.com. 21 July 2009. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
↑ "Redborne Upper School and Community College - Farm". Redbornecommunitycollege.com. Retrieved 6 August 2012.

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Schools in Bedfordshire¹

Middle	Alban Ashton Beauchamp Etonbury Goldington Harrold St Gregory's RC Westfield

Secondary	All Saints Academy Ashcroft High School Bedford Academy Bedford Free School Biddenham International School Cardinal Newman RC School Castle Newnham School Cedars Upper School The Chalk Hills Academy Challney High School for Boys Challney High School for Girls Denbigh High School Harlington Upper School Hastingsbury Business and Enterprise College Houghton Regis Academy Icknield High School Lealands High School Lea Manor High School Manshead School Mark Rutherford School Putteridge High School Queensbury Academy Redborne Upper School St Thomas More RC School Samuel Whitbread Academy Sandy Upper School Sharnbrook Upper School Stockwood Park Academy Stopsley High School Stratton Upper School The Studio School Luton UTC Central Bedfordshire Vandyke Upper School Wootton Upper School

Independent	Bedford Girls' School Bedford Modern School Bedford Preparatory School Bedford School Rabia School Rushmoor School St Andrew's School

Special	The Chiltern School Grange Academy Ivel Valley School Oak Bank School Ridgeway School St John's School Weatherfield Academy Woodlands Secondary School

Sixth form and FE colleges	Barnfield College Bedford College Central Bedfordshire College Kimberley College Luton Sixth Form College Shuttleworth College Stella Mann College

Former	Bedford High School Dame Alice Harpur School Dunstable Grammar School

¹includes schools in Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Luton.

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