# Alternatives to Vandyke Upper School

The 6 nearest schools that admit children at the same age as Vandyke Upper School and that we hold figures for, ordered by distance. This is not a league table and nothing here says one school is better than another.

It describes demand. It does not indicate whether any particular child would be offered a place.

## Vandyke Upper School, for comparison

1.15 first preferences per place in the 2025 intake.

## Nearby schools

| School | Distance | 1st prefs per place | Intake year | Latest Ofsted | Catchment published | SEN provision on site |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|
| [Cedars Upper School, Leighton Buzzard](/school/137462/cedars-upper-school) | 1.9 mi south-west | 0.80 | 2025 | Good | no | not recorded |
| [The Cottesloe School, Aylesbury](/school/110533/the-cottesloe-school) | 4.1 mi south-west | 1.07 | 2026 | Expected standard | yes | not recorded |
| [Lift Sir Herbert Leon, Milton Keynes](/school/138439/lift-sir-herbert-leon) | 5.1 mi north-west | 0.70 | 2026 | Not judged | no | not recorded |
| [All Saints Academy Dunstable, Dunstable](/school/135946/all-saints-academy-dunstable) | 5.4 mi south-east | - | - | Not judged | no | not recorded |
| [Queensbury Academy, Dunstable](/school/138571/queensbury-academy) | 6.0 mi south-east | - | - | Not judged | no | not recorded |
| [Houstone School, Dunstable](/school/149107/houstone-school) | 6.2 mi east | - | - | Not judged | no | not recorded |

"1st preferences per place" is how many families named a school first, for each place it offered, in the newest year held. It describes demand. It is not a pass rate, and a dash means the figure is not held.

"SEN provision on site" means the school runs a SEN unit or a resourced provision. It does not say how many children it takes or which kinds of need it is set up for, because neither is published for a mainstream school, and it is not a statement about how well any school supports children with SEN. Ask the school or the council.

Full page: https://www.schoolrecord.co.uk/school/137169/vandyke-upper-school/alternatives
The school this compares against: /school/137169/vandyke-upper-school