Houghton Regis Primary School

Community school · Primary school · Dunstable, Central Bedfordshire
LU5 5DH
Composite score
25.7

School overview

Houghton Regis Primary School is a primary school serving Dunstable, Central Bedfordshire, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 398 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. 36% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 23.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 101 in reading and 100 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 2% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Houghton Regis Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links further down the page.

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#13,987
National rank
#1572
In East of England
#41
In Central Bedfordshire
Top 94%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
36%
% achieving higher RWM
2%
Reading average scaled score
101.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
100.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
Maths progress

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Requires improvement

School profile

Pupils on roll 398 % FSM ever-6 19.6% % EAL 23.6% Age range 3–11 Gender Mixed

Location

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