Watling Lower School
Academy converter · Primary
Dunstable · LU6 3BJ · Central Bedfordshire
Ages 2–9
Status: Open
0.3 miles away
OpenAll-throughURN 138181
Priory Academy
Academy converter · Dunstable · LU5 4JA
Phase
All-through
Age range
Ages 9–16
Pupils
830
Local authority
Central Bedfordshire
Age range
Ages 9–16
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (all-through), Ages 9–16, in Dunstable, Central Bedfordshire, 830 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 14.8%.
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Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- All-through
- Age range
- 9–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 138181
Location
- Address
- Priory Academy, Britain Street
- Postcode
- LU5 4JA
- 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
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 830
- Boys / girls
- 436 / 394
- School capacity
- 700
- Capacity fill
- 830 / 700 (119%)
- Free school meals
- 14.8%
- FSM pupils
- 123
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: SCHOLARS' EDUCATION TRUST
- Academy trust
- SCHOLARS' EDUCATION TRUST
- Sponsor
- Scholars' Education Trust
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Ian Bailey
- Telephone
- 01582661158