Ashton St Peter's VA C of E School
Ofsted: Expected standardVoluntary aided school · Primary
Dunstable · LU6 1EW · Central Bedfordshire
Ages 5–11
- KS257%
- Absence5.2%
- FSM15.1%
- Demand1.10
0.2 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: Requires improvementURN 151210
Dunstable Icknield Lower School
Academy converter · Dunstable · LU6 3AG
Ages 3–9 · 295 pupils · Central Bedfordshire
Ofsted
Requires improvement
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Requires improvement
Inspection date
2023-11-14
- Overall effectiveness
- Requires improvement
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill87%
295 pupils · 340 places
- Pupils on roll
- 295
- Boys / girls
- 144 / 151
- School capacity
- 340
- Capacity fill
- 295 / 340 (87%)
- Free school meals
- 16.7%
- FSM pupils
- 46
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 3–9
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: SCHOLARS' EDUCATION TRUST
- Academy trust
- SCHOLARS' EDUCATION TRUST
- Sponsor
- Scholars' Education Trust
- Headteacher
- Mr Ian Bailey
Location
- Address
- Burr Street
- Postcode
- LU6 3AG
- Town
- Dunstable
- County
- Bedfordshire
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- District
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (primary), Ages 3–9, in Dunstable, Central Bedfordshire, 295 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 16.7%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Watling Lower School
Ofsted: Some aspects not as strongAcademy converter · Primary
Dunstable · LU6 3BJ · Central Bedfordshire
Ages 2–9
- FSM7.5%
0.4 miles away
Lark Rise Academy
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Primary
Dunstable · LU6 3PT · Central Bedfordshire
Ages 3–11
- KS282%
- Absence3.9%
- FSM7.6%
- Demand1.31
0.6 miles away
Beecroft Academy
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Dunstable · LU6 1DW · Central Bedfordshire
Ages 4–11
- KS232%
- Absence5.3%
- FSM18.6%
- Demand0.92
0.6 miles away
Ardley Hill Academy
Ofsted: GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Dunstable · LU6 3NZ · Central Bedfordshire
Ages 2–11
- KS242%
- Absence6.2%
- FSM12.8%
- Demand0.91
0.7 miles away
Lancot School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy sponsor led · Primary
Dunstable · LU6 2AP · Central Bedfordshire
Ages 3–11
- KS254%
- Absence6.5%
- FSM12.9%
- Demand0.84
0.7 miles away
St. Augustine's Academy
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Dunstable · LU5 4AS · Central Bedfordshire
Ages 4–11
- KS254%
- Absence7.9%
- FSM40.1%
- Demand0.93
1.0 miles away
Hadrian Academy
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Dunstable · LU5 4SR · Central Bedfordshire
Ages 4–11
- KS264%
- Absence4.9%
- FSM10.4%
- Demand1.18
1.1 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Ian Bailey
- Telephone
- 01582663709