Academy converter · Central Bedfordshire

Beecroft Academy

4–11Ages
413Pupils
PrimaryPhase
140276URN

Westfield Road, Dunstable, LU6 1DW · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2024 Previous framework

Good

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

1.8per place

0.4 below Central Bedfordshire median (2.1)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Central Bedfordshire

105 applications for 60 places · 56th of 82 in Central Bedfordshire

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

39%met the expected standard

Central Bedfordshire 57% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Overall effectiveness: Good · 26 March 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
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

Inspection history

26 March 2024
Graded inspection: Good
30 January 2023
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

1.8applications per place, Reception

0.4 below Central Bedfordshire median (2.1) 0.4 below England median (2.2)

105 applications · 60 places offered · 54 named it first

2026 1.8; Central Bedfordshire median median 2.1
2025 2.0; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.9
2024 1.5; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
2023 1.6; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
2022 1.7; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7
2021 1.6; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7
2020 1.6; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
2019 1.4; 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 1.5; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8
2015 1.1; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7
2014 1.2; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.6

More applications per place than the Central Bedfordshire median in 1 of 13 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.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	60	105	1.8	54	0.90
Sep 2025	56	112	2.0	67	1.20
Sep 2024	60	90	1.5	55	0.92
Sep 2023	60	93	1.6	57	0.95
Sep 2022	60	102	1.7	71	1.18
Sep 2021	53	82	1.6	50	0.94
Sep 2020	60	97	1.6	64	1.07
Sep 2019	60	81	1.4	56	0.93
Sep 2018	60	95	1.6	58	0.97
Sep 2017	60	101	1.7	66	1.10
Sep 2016	60	87	1.5	58	0.97
Sep 2015	59	67	1.1	40	0.68
Sep 2014	56	68	1.2	48	0.86

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 68% · Writing 43% · Maths 66% → all three 39% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard39%28th of 36 in Central Bedfordshire

Central Bedfordshire 57% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard68%

Central Bedfordshire 72% England 78%

Higher standard25%

Central Bedfordshire 29% England 33%

Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard43%

Central Bedfordshire 71% England 75%

Greater depth0%

Central Bedfordshire 0% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard66%

Central Bedfordshire 67% England 77%

Higher standard30%

Central Bedfordshire 22% England 24%

Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Central Bedfordshire median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	39%	0%	104	104
2023/24	32%	0%	102	102
2022/23	18%	0%	101	102

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

Beecroft AcademyThis school
This school

Good2024

1.8applications per place 39%met the SATs standard
Lancot School
0.5 km · Central Bedfordshire

Remains Good2024

1.7applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
Ashton St Peter's VA C of E School
0.7 km · Central Bedfordshire

2026

1.9applications per place 45%met the SATs standard
Dunstable Icknield Lower School
1.0 km · Central Bedfordshire

Requires improvement2023

2.3applications per place
Watling Lower School
1.6 km · Central Bedfordshire

Some aspects not as strong2024

4.1applications per place
Lark Rise Academy
1.7 km · Central Bedfordshire

Graded · no overall grade2025

3.5applications per place 88%met the SATs standard
Houghton Regis Primary School
1.9 km · Central Bedfordshire

Graded · no overall grade2025

2.5applications per place 36%met the SATs standard
Totternhoe Church of England Academy
2.0 km · Central Bedfordshire

2026

2.1applications per place 18%met the SATs standard
Ardley Hill Academy
2.0 km · Central Bedfordshire

Good2024

2.6applications per place 60%met the SATs standard

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 converter
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 140276 · 823/2040
Trust: The Pyramid Schools Trust
Capacity: 420 pupils · 413 on roll
Free school meals: 18.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened: 1 November 2013
Replaced: Beecroft Lower School (URN 109445)
Address: Westfield Road, Dunstable, LU6 1DW
Local authority: Central Bedfordshire

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