Established 1921 Headteacher Steven Palmer DfE URN 137462 Tables Number of students 1,300 Gender Mixed-sex education | DfE number 823/4011 Phone +44 1525 219300 Founded 1921 | |
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Location Mentmore RoadLeighton BuzzardBedfordshireLU7 2AEEngland Similar Vandyke Upper School, Harlington Upper School, Cedars, Redborne Upper School, Walton High | ||
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Cedars Upper School is an upper school and sixth form with academy status, located in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England.
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History
The school was founded as a grammar school in 1921 in Church Square, at the end of the High Street in Leighton Buzzard. The house was formerly occupied by Mary Norton. In 1973 the school became a comprehensive school and moved to its current location on Mentmore Road. Leighton Middle School was founded at the former location.
The school became a specialist Mathematics and Computing College in September 2006, and due to the specialism, the school also became a Microsoft Sponsored School. The school then converted to academy status in September 2011.
Oliver Duff(currently Editor i newspaper) is a former ex-Cedars Upper School student.
Houses
The school now has four houses named after rivers; Orinoco, Lena, Danube and Zambezi after the school changed to a vertical tutoring system in 2010. In September 2016, the Murray house was removed.
The former houses were named after the patron saints of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales; George, Andrew, Patrick and David