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Academy sponsor led · Central Bedfordshire

Queensbury Academy

  • 11–19Ages
  • 1,093Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 138571URN

Langdale Road, Dunstable, LU6 3BU · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Oct 2024 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.9per place
close to Central Bedfordshire median (1.8)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Central Bedfordshire

356 applications for 190 places · 3rd of 8 in Central Bedfordshire
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
41.4of 90
12th of 16 in Central Bedfordshire
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 22 October 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementRequires improvement
Sixth form provisionGood

Inspection history

  1. 22 October 2024
    Graded inspection, no overall grade
  2. 1 December 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)

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
1.9applications per place, Year 7
close to Central Bedfordshire median (1.8) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

356 applications · 190 places offered · 173 named it first

  1. 2026 1.9; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
  2. 2025 5.0; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.6
  3. 2024 2.4; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.4
  4. 2023 9.5; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.6
  5. 2022 3.0; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.3
  6. 2021 7.2; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.3
  7. 2020 6.3; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.3
  8. 2019 7.5; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.3
  9. 2018 19.5; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.4
  10. 2017 3.0; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.3
  11. 2016 5.0; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.4
  12. 2015 1.4; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.3
  13. 2014 2.4; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.3
More applications per place than the Central Bedfordshire median in 13 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Central Bedfordshire median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, 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 20261903561.91730.91
Sep 2025155.011.00
Sep 20247172.460.86
Sep 20232199.594.50
Sep 20226183.091.50
Sep 20215367.2112.20
Sep 20203196.393.00
Sep 20194307.571.75
Sep 201823919.5115.50
Sep 201714423.0251.79
Sep 20167355.0131.86
Sep 20151391951.41350.97
Sep 2014691642.4570.83

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

203 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)41.412th of 16 in Central Bedfordshire
Grade 5 or above in English and maths39%10th of 16 in Central Bedfordshire
Grade 4 or above in English and maths61%
  • This school
  • Central Bedfordshire median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.56
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)20341.439%61%–
2024/2520640.034%56%–
2023/2420539.935%62%−0.56
2022/2320744.038%63%−0.28

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary 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
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
138571 · 823/4002
Trust
Anthem Schools Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,350 pupils · 1,093 on roll
Free school meals
16.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2012
Replaced
Queensbury Upper School (URN 109704)
Address
Langdale Road, Dunstable, LU6 3BU
Local authority
Central Bedfordshire

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources