Thomas Whitehead Church of England Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D44
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Dunstable, LU5 5HH
- Distance
- 0.4km away
Houghton Regis Primary School
St Michael's Avenue, Houghton Regis, Dunstable, LU5 5DH
Local ranking25th of 92 primary schools in Central Bedfordshire
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Primary
Phase
315
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 15 July 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Requires improvement
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Requires improvement
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 36.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 2.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 55.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 50.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 45.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 57.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 101.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 100.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 100.0
- Cohort Size
- 42
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 398
- Boys
- 202 (51%)
- Girls
- 196 (49%)
- Capacity
- 315 (126% full)
- SEND
- 13.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 19.6%
- EAL
- 23.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.5%
- SEN Support
- 10.1%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 25.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 15.0
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,376/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 4.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 10.8% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 50.8%
- White Other: 21.9%
- Asian Other: 6.0%
- Black African: 4.5%
- Asian Indian: 2.8%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.3%
- Mixed Other: 2.3%
50.8%
White British
21.9%
White Other
6.0%
Asian Other
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
St Michael's Avenue
Dunstable, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 109459
- UKPRN
- 10068917
- Establishment No.
- 2058
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