Cedars Upper School and Community College is a secondary school and sixth form in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire. The school has held specialist status as a Mathematics and Computing College since September 2006. Due to the specialization, the school is a Microsoft Sponsored School.
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.
Academics
Due to the high concentration on Maths, the school was able to send student representatives to the 2008 regional UK Maths Challenge, and nine students were sent to the National Student Investor Competition.
Houses
The school now has five houses named after rivers; Orinoco, Murray, Lena, Danube and Zambezi after the school changed to a vertical tutoring system in 2010.
The former houses were named after the patron saints of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales; George, Andrew, Patrick and David
Awards
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