The Academy of Central Bedfordshire
Special / other · Houghton Regis · LU5 5PX
Ungraded inspection: no current grade
Ofsted's most recent visit was an ungraded inspection; its outcome was “Standards maintained”. Since September 2024 these outcomes no longer confirm a named grade, and the school's last graded inspection is too old to appear in Ofsted's current data file, so SchoolFacts shows no grade rather than guessing. Earlier grades are on the school's Ofsted report page.
Inspected 11 December 2024
Read the Ofsted report ↗At a glance
59 pupils · 42% of 140 capacity
- School type
- Free schools alternative provision
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Free school meals
- 61% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 2% of pupils
- SEN support
- 68% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 28% of pupils
- Website
- www.acb.beds.sch.uk
- URN
- 139411
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
90% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 10% left the state-funded sector
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Inspection history since 2015
- 10 December 2024: Standards maintained
- 11 July 2019: School remains Good
- 13 September 2017: S8 No Formal Designation Visit
Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.