Houghton Regis Primary School
Ofsted: Requires improvement
Score
D41
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Dunstable, LU5 5DH
- Distance
- 0.4km away
Thomas Whitehead Church of England Academy
Angels Lane, Houghton Regis, Dunstable, LU5 5HH
Local ranking21st of 92 primary schools in Central Bedfordshire
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
352
Capacity
2-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 17 June 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
- Good
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 39.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 0.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 61.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 50.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 57.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 57.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 103.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 98.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 101.0
- Cohort Size
- 28
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 210
- Boys
- 100 (48%)
- Girls
- 110 (52%)
- Capacity
- 352 (60% full)
- SEND
- 21.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 36.1%
- EAL
- 29.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 8.1%
- SEN Support
- 12.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 21.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 9.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,007/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 6.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 19.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Church of England
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 48.8%
- White Other: 12.1%
- Black African: 12.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 5.8%
- Asian Indian: 4.3%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 3.4%
- Asian Other: 3.4%
- Mixed Other: 2.4%
48.8%
White British
12.1%
White Other
12.1%
Black African
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Angels Lane
Dunstable, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 143850
- UKPRN
- 10062303
- Establishment No.
- 2006
- Trust
- DIOCESE OF ST ALBANS MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
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