Houstone School

Parkside Drive, Houghton Regis, Central Bedfordshire, LU5 5PX

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About this school

Houstone School is a Free schools serving secondary age pupils, located in Central Bedfordshire. The school has 657 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (last overall grade). Last inspected 20 May 2025. The Headteacher is Elizabeth English. The school is administered by Central Bedfordshire local authority. It belongs to ADVANTAGE SCHOOLS. It opened in 1 September 2022.

School details

Head

Elizabeth English

Trust

ADVANTAGE SCHOOLS

Local authority

Central Bedfordshire

Gender

Mixed

URN

149107

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at Houstone School are handled by the school or the local authority (Central Bedfordshire). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
• Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
• Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
• EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

Source: Department for Education school performance data. Check this school on GOV.UK →

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