The school on Haylands Way was established in 1965,[1] and was designated as Goldington Middle School in the early 1970s after Bedfordshire County Council decided to implement the three-tier education system of lower, middle and upper schools across the county (as recommended in the 1967 Plowden Report).

Plans made by Bedford Borough Council to implement a two-tier education system in the Borough were withdrawn for most Bedford Borough schools following a decision by the coalition government in 2010 to cancel the Building Schools for the Future Project (BSF) and withdraw associated funding.

To protect the school from closure in the future the Governing Body, following consultation with stakeholders, decided to apply to the Secretary of State for Education to convert to an academy.

This application was accepted and the school became Goldington Academy on 1 April 2011.

The opening celebration assembly was attended by local MP, Richard Fuller.