Houghton Regis Primary School
Primary · Community school · Mixed · Central Bedfordshire
St Michael's Avenue, Dunstable, LU5 5DH
59
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Not judged
Graded 15/07/2025
Application demand
73%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
95.3%
10.8% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
386
Capacity used
Over capacity123%
315 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Primary entry · official council applications and offers
73%
1st preference success rate
41 of 56 families who put it first got an offer
44
Places offered
99
Total applications
2.3
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 56 | 41 | ● 73% |
| 2nd preference | 26 | 3 | ● 12% |
| 3rd preference | 17 | 0 | ● 0% |
| Total | 99 | 44 | 44% |
1st preference success by year
Central Bedfordshire lets families list 3 preferences. 2 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Rajneet Parmar
- Address
- St Michael's Avenue, Houghton Regis, Dunstable, LU5 5DH
- Phone
- 01582867487
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Ward / constituency
- Houghton Regis West · Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 109459
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 18% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 23% | — | — |
| SEN support | 12% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
386 pupils · 315 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
15 July 2025
Full graded inspection
Not judged overall effectivenessEarly years Requires improvement Personal development Requires improvement Quality of education Requires improvement Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Leadership and management Good - 24
05 June 2024
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 305 pupils
Attendance
95.3%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
4.7%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
10.8%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
0.0%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
0.7%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
Primary results (Key Stage 2)
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 59% | — | — |
| Higher standard | 4% | — | — |
| Reading progress | — | — | 0.0 |
| Writing progress | — | — | 0.0 |
| Maths progress | — | — | 0.0 |
Primary results by subject (SATs)
Year 6 pupils meeting each standard, against England
Reading, writing & maths combined
Reading
Writing
Maths
Grammar, punctuation & spelling
Science
England average · Scaled scores run 80–120 (100 = expected standard).
Primary results over time
Expected standard (RWM) by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Expected standard (RWM) | 36% | 61% |
| Higher standard | 2% | 8% |
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.