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Dunton CofE Junior School

  • 7–11Ages
  • 66Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 109599URN

High Street, Dunton, Biggleswade, SG18 8RN · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Dec 2023 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 5 December 2023Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2023 2.3; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  2. 2022 2.5; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7
  3. 2021 2.4; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7
  4. 2020 2.3; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  5. 2019 2.3; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  6. 2018 2.0; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  7. 2017 2.7; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  8. 2016 2.6; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  9. 2015 3.1; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7
  10. 2014 2.1; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.6
More applications per place than the Central Bedfordshire median in 10 of 10 years.
  • This school
  • Central Bedfordshire median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202312282.3121.00
Sep 202210252.580.80
Sep 202114342.490.64
Sep 202015342.3120.80
Sep 201915352.3100.67
Sep 201815302.0161.07
Sep 201715402.7151.00
Sep 201615392.6191.27
Sep 201515463.1271.80
Sep 201415312.1201.33

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

all three met the expected standard, End of Year 6

  • This school
  • Central Bedfordshire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/25
2023/24
2022/23

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Voluntary controlled school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
109599 · 823/3006
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
120 pupils · 66 on roll
Free school meals
21.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
High Street, Dunton, Biggleswade, SG18 8RN
Local authority
Central Bedfordshire

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources