Graded inspection · Nov 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 | Requires improvement | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement | |||
| Early years provision | Requires improvement |
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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 entry87 applications · 38 places offered · 33 named it first
- 2026 2.3; Central Bedfordshire median median 2.1
- 2025 1.5; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.9
- 2024 2.0; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2023 2.3; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2022 1.9; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2021 2.1; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2020 2.6; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2019 2.1; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2018 2.3; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2017 2.3; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2016 2.6; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.8; as the previous school
- 2015 2.3; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.7; as the previous school
- 2014 2.2; Central Bedfordshire median median 1.6; as the previous school
- This school
- Central Bedfordshire median
Dashed bars: as Dunstable Icknield Lower School (URN 109444), the previous school.
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 | 38 | 87 | 2.3 | 33 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2025 | 59 | 90 | 1.5 | 32 | 0.54 |
| Sep 2024 * | 60 | 120 | 2.0 | 56 | 0.93 |
| Sep 2023 * | 61 | 139 | 2.3 | 62 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2022 * | 58 | 109 | 1.9 | 52 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2021 * | 60 | 123 | 2.1 | 53 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2020 * | 60 | 153 | 2.6 | 68 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2019 * | 60 | 124 | 2.1 | 68 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2018 * | 60 | 139 | 2.3 | 62 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2017 * | 60 | 140 | 2.3 | 67 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2016 * | 60 | 158 | 2.6 | 74 | 1.23 |
| Sep 2015 * | 58 | 131 | 2.3 | 70 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2014 * | 60 | 129 | 2.2 | 73 | 1.22 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Dunstable Icknield Lower SchoolThis schoolThis schoolRequires improvement20232.3applications per place
- 0.3 km · Central Bedfordshire20261.9applications per place 45%met the SATs standard
- 0.6 km · Central BedfordshireSome aspects not as strong20244.1applications per place
- 1.0 km · Central BedfordshireGraded · no overall grade20253.5applications per place 88%met the SATs standard
- 1.0 km · Central BedfordshireGood20241.8applications per place 39%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · Central BedfordshireGood20242.6applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
- 1.1 km · Central BedfordshireRemains Good20241.7applications per place 64%met the SATs standard
- 1.6 km · Central BedfordshireRemains Good20241.9applications per place 32%met the SATs standard
- 1.8 km · Central BedfordshireRemains Good20231.7applications per place 56%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
- 151210 · 823/2038
- Capacity
- 340 pupils · 295 on roll
- Free school meals
- 16.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 November 2024
- Replaced
- Dunstable Icknield Lower School (URN 109444)
- Address
- Burr Street, Dunstable, LU6 3AG
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources