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The Academy of Central Bedfordshire

Free schools alternative provision school in Houghton Regis (Central Bedfordshire).

Pupils
59
on roll
Ofsted
Ungraded inspection
inspected Dec 2024
Attendance rate
-
not published
Pupil : Teacher
6.2
2025/26
Eligible for free school meals
61.0%
school census 15/01/2026
SEN support
45.8%
2025/26
Capacity
42%
59 / 140 pupils
register figure (GIAS)
Teacher turnover
9.6%
2024/25

Location

iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).

About

The Academy of Central Bedfordshire exists to make a positive difference to each of our students. We do this by recognising everyone as an individual and providing a personalised approach to their education to enable them to learn, mature and thrive.

This is reinforced through our mission statement: " The ACB is a school where we are all happy and safe, where we develop intellectually, emotionally, physically and spiritually and where everyone refines their talents and skills allowing them to transition successfully to the next stage of their life."

The Academy of Central Bedfordshire has three values that sit at the heart of its operation. Achieving - By making sure that our pupils place their best effort into all they do, they will achieve either academically, personally or socially. Their achievement may happen quickly or may be at the end of many attempts at the same task and may look different to others.

In the school’s own words, from the school website.

Enrichment

3 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.
  • Dance
  • Swimming
  • Trauma Informed Schools

Key facts

URN
139411
Type
Free schools alternative provision
Phase
Not applicable
Ages
11 to 16
Gender
Mixed
Sixth form
Does not have a sixth form
Nursery
No Nursery Classes
Local authority
Central Bedfordshire
Constituency
Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard
Setting
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Opened
2013

Governing body (19 current, 1 former)

iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.

17 governors are linked to a profile (16 confirmed, 1 (likely)).

Governors marked “Confirmed same person” have exactly the same forename and surname as the only officer of that name at the school’s own academy trust company on the Companies House register, so we treat them as the same person. The governance record itself comes from DfE.

Leadership

NameRoleHow appointedTerm
Ms Elizabeth Ann English Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2026 · until 2030
Mrs Sara MooreChief Financial OfficerTrust officersince 2025
Mrs Leah Ferguson-Moore Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2025 · until 2029
Ms Helen Harris Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2024 · until 2028
Mr Jeff Conquest Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2024 · until 2028
Ms Karen Hayward Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2024 · until 2028
Mr Nick Martin Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2024 · until 2028
Mr Oliver Button Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2024 · until 2028
Ms Tracie Collins Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2024 · until 2028
Mr William Britt (likely)TrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2024 · until 2028
Mr Joseph Andrew Cooper Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2024 · until 2028
Mr Nigel Croft Confirmed same personMemberTrust membersAppointed by GB/boardsince 2020
Mr Robert Robson Confirmed same personMemberTrust membersAppointed by GB/boardsince 2020
Mr Paul Green Confirmed same personAccounting OfficerTrust officersince 2020
Mr Paul Green Confirmed same personTrusteeTrust boardEx-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principalsince 2020
Mr Stephen Gray Confirmed same personChair of TrusteesTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2019 · until 2027 ends 2027
Mr Stephen Gray Confirmed same personMemberTrust membersAppointed by GB/boardsince 2018
Mr Jeff Peter Conquest Confirmed same personMemberTrust membersOriginal (signatory) memberssince 2013
Mr Shawn Colin Fell Confirmed same personMemberTrust membersAppointed by GB/boardsince 2013
Mr Ian James Bailey Confirmed same person FormerTrusteeTrust boardAppointed by GB/boardsince 2023 · term ended 2025

Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record