All-through
Priory Academy
Priory Academy, Britain Street, Dunstable, LU5 4JA
Key facts
- Phase
- All-through
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 9 to 16
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 830 of 700 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.3
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Trust
- SCHOLARS' EDUCATION TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 45.6
- All staff (FTE)
- 63.9
- Pupils per adult
- 12.4
- Pupils
- 791
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected April 2023
Good
Still graded as at
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
50%
46.2
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Average maths score | 104 |
| Average reading score | 105 |
| Reading, writing and maths | 65% |
| Working at a higher standard | 7% |
| Attainment 8 | 46.2 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.08 |
| Entered the EBacc | 30% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 70% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 50% |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 69% |
| 23/24 | 67% |
| 24/25 | 65% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 65% |
| 22/23 | 52% |
| 23/24 | 42% |
| 24/25 | 50% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 106.0 |
| 23/24 | 106.0 |
| 24/25 | 105.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.06 |
| 22/23 | +0.23 |
| 23/24 | -0.21 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 22/23 | 105.0 |
| 23/24 | 104.0 |
| 24/25 | 104.0 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 53.7 |
| 22/23 | 49.1 |
| 23/24 | 41.7 |
| 24/25 | 46.2 |
Priory Academy, Britain Street, Dunstable, LU5 4JA
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 15 January, the year before starting.
Central Bedfordshire admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Ian Bailey
- Address
- Priory Academy, Britain Street, Dunstable, LU5 4JA
- Telephone
- 01582661158