Graded inspection · Dec 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther primary schools in Central Bedfordshire
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Early years provision | Good |
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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 entry58 applications · 30 places offered · 30 named it first
- 2026 1.9; Central Bedfordshire median median 2.1
- 2025 2.6; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.9
- 2024 1.8; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
- 2023 1.7; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
- 2022 1.5; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7
- 2021 1.5; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7
- 2020 1.7; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
- 2019 2.0; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
- 2018 1.6; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
- 2017 1.7; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
- 2016 1.9; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
- 2015 1.6; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7
- 2014 1.4; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.6
- 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 30 | 58 | 1.9 | 30 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2025 | 19 | 49 | 2.6 | 19 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2024 | 25 | 46 | 1.8 | 25 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 30 | 52 | 1.7 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2022 | 30 | 46 | 1.5 | 32 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2021 | 30 | 45 | 1.5 | 32 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2020 | 29 | 49 | 1.7 | 28 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2019 | 29 | 57 | 2.0 | 32 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2018 | 28 | 44 | 1.6 | 28 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2017 | 30 | 52 | 1.7 | 34 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2016 | 30 | 56 | 1.9 | 31 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2015 | 30 | 48 | 1.6 | 29 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2014 | 28 | 39 | 1.4 | 28 | 1.00 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Harlington Lower SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.9applications per place
- 1.7 km · Central BedfordshireRemains Good20242.2applications per place
- 3.2 km · Central BedfordshireRemains Good20241.9applications per place
- 3.6 km · Central BedfordshireGood20221.9applications per place
- 3.8 km · Central BedfordshireRemains Good20231.9applications per place
- 4.1 km · Central BedfordshireGraded · no overall grade20252.8applications per place
- 4.2 km · Central BedfordshireRemains Good20232.3applications per place
- 4.4 km · Central BedfordshireGood20241.7applications per place
- 4.5 km · Central BedfordshireRemains Good20232.8applications per place
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 138938 · 823/2180
- Capacity
- 150 pupils · 130 on roll
- Free school meals
- 11.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 April 2013
- Replaced
- Harlington Lower School (URN 109511)
- Address
- Westoning Road, Harlington, Dunstable, LU5 6PD
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources