Benjamin College
Benjamin UK, Coach House, White House Court, Hockliffe Street, Leighton Buzzard, LU7 1FD
- Phase
- Special schools
- School type
- Other independent special school
- Ages
- 12 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Headteacher
- Mrs Anne Hanson
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 36
- Pupils on roll
- 11
- URN
- 135805
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Telephone
- 07377153639
About this school
Benjamin College is an independent special school in Leighton Buzzard. It teaches children aged 12 to 18 and has 11 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has not yet inspected Benjamin College under its current framework. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Benjamin College has not been inspected by Ofsted yet. It opened in its current form in February 2009, and new or converted schools usually wait a few years for their first inspection.
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | - | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | - | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | - | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | - | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | - | - |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Benjamin College has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 12 |
| 2023/24 | 11 |
| 2024/25 | 11 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 0%
- Pupils with an EHC plan
- 9
- Pupils on SEN support
- 2
Location
Nearby schools
-
Oak Bank School1.3 miles
Academies · Leighton Buzzard
-
Macintyre School5.0 miles
Special schools · Aylesbury
-
Weatherfield Academy5.3 miles
Academies · Dunstable
-
KWS Milton Keynes5.6 miles
Special schools · Milton Keynes
-
The Academy of Central Bedfordshire6.4 miles
Free Schools · Houghton Regis
Other schools in Leighton Buzzard
- Oak Bank School Academies
- Beaudesert Lower School Primary
- Brookmead School Primary
- Clipstone Brook Lower School Primary
- Dovery Academy Primary
- Greenleas School Primary
- Heathwood Lower School Primary
- Hockliffe Lower School Primary
- Leedon Lower School Primary
- Linslade Lower School Primary
- Pulford CofE VA Lower School Primary
- Southcott Lower School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Benjamin College teach?
- Benjamin College teaches children aged 12 to 18. It is a special school in Leighton Buzzard.
- Who is the headteacher of Benjamin College?
- The headteacher of Benjamin College is Mrs Anne Hanson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Benjamin College been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Benjamin College under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Benjamin College?
- Benjamin College has 11 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 12 to 18.
- Is Benjamin College full?
- Benjamin College has capacity for 36 pupils and 11 on roll (31%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Benjamin College a faith school?
- No. Benjamin College has no designated religious character.
- Is Benjamin College a selective school?
- No. Benjamin College is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- What are Benjamin College's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Benjamin College's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 24 July 2026.