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The Academy of Central Bedfordshire

Kingsland Campus, Parkside Drive, Houghton Regis, LU5 5PX

THE ACADEMY OF CENTRAL BEDFORDSHIRE is the academy trust. Admissions rules still sit with the school and your local council.

OfstedNo overall grade

At a glance

Key published figures for this school.

OfstedNo overall grade
AttendanceNot published
Attainment–
AdmissionsOften has places
Pupils59

Ofsted inspection

Latest outcome

No overall grade

New inspection format: no single overall grade.

Standards maintained

Inspection history

  • Latest ungradedStandards maintained

This page shows previous graded and latest ungraded outcomes when Ofsted publishes them in the national file. Full history stays on the Ofsted report.

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School figures

Coloured bars compare this school with the average for other schools in LU5. Where we have them, council (Central Bedfordshire) and England figures appear under FSM, SEN and attendance. FSM, SEN and EAL are context, not quality scores. For attendance, higher is usually better.

Pupils on roll
59
Free school meals
61%
41.1% above district average (19.9%)

Also: Central Bedfordshire 13.9% · England 24%

SEN
96%
71.6% above district average (24.4%)

Also: Central Bedfordshire 17.7% · England 19.6%

EAL
2%
22.1% below district average (24.1%)
Attendance
Not published

Also: Central Bedfordshire 93.7% · England 93.4%

Each metric uses its own colour so you can tell the rows apart. The lighter bar is the LU5 average; the darker bar is this school.

Attainment
–

Admissions

Demand signal
Often has places
Published capacity (GIAS)
140
Pupils on roll
59

Indicative signal from published roll versus GIAS capacity. Not applications versus offers, and not a guarantee of a place.

Published admission number (PAN) and applications versus offers are not in our national datasets yet. Use your council booklet.

Check your council admissions booklet via the Central Bedfordshire page.

SEN support

SEN %
96%

A higher SEN percentage can mean experience with support needs, or more demand on staff. Ask the SENCO what is available day to day.

Sources and freshness

  • School year for most DfE figures: 2024/25.
  • Pipeline last checked: Aug 2026.
  • Council and England attendance / FSM tables: 2024/25.
  • School figures from DfE / GIAS / Ofsted where published. District averages use other schools in this postcode district. Council and England figures use DfE local authority and national tables for the matching phase.
  • School photos are not shown yet. Schools will be able to add one later.
  • Methodology · Data updates