Houstone School
Performance (KS4 GCSE)
Three-year trends
Last three years of DfE data. How to read trends
Ofsted judgements
Getting a place
Central Bedfordshire does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Year 7 place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Houstone School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.
Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).
School profile
- Age range
- 11–16
- Pupils on roll
- 657
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions
- Non-Selective
Pupil background
Special educational needs
Attendance
Staffing & funding
“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means
Nearby secondary schools
Location
Official sources
School overview
Houstone School is a secondary school serving Dunstable, Central Bedfordshire, classified by the DfE as a free school. It has 657 pupils aged 11 to 16 on roll. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 46.1 — broadly in line with the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has risen by 13.4 points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of secondary schools nationally.
56% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, above the national average of about 45%. 77% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Houstone School is oversubscribed: about 8 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, with 209 first choices for 184 places. Overall pupil absence was 10.5%. There are about 16.1 pupils per teacher. Houstone 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 above.