Secondary
Queensbury Academy
Langdale Road, Dunstable, LU6 3BU
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1093 of 1350 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.2
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Trust
- ANTHEM SCHOOLS TRUST
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 69.4
- All staff (FTE)
- 87.0
- Pupils per adult
- 13.7
- Pupils
- 1,195
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 October 2024
- Behaviour and attitudesRequires improvement
- Leadership and governanceRequires improvement
- Personal developmentGood
- Quality of educationRequires improvement
- Sixth formGood
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.
SafeguardingMet
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)Earlier inspections2
December 2022
Ungraded inspection
Good
Read the report (opens in a new tab)September 2017
Previous framework
Good
- Leadership and governanceGood
GCSE results
34%
7 points below the Dunstable average (41% across 4 schools)
40.0
2.7 below the Dunstable average (42.7 across 4 schools)
5th of 5 by our score, among the secondary schools in Dunstable we can score - see them all. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 40 |
| EBacc average point score | 3.37 |
| Entered the EBacc | 28% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 56% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 34% |
| A level average points per entry | 28.93 |
| A level students | 68 |
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 |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 33% |
| 22/23 | 38% |
| 23/24 | 35% |
| 24/25 | 34% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 29.3 |
| 22/23 | 27.0 |
| 23/24 | 27.1 |
| 24/25 | 28.9 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | -0.47 |
| 22/23 | -0.28 |
| 23/24 | -0.56 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 43.2 |
| 22/23 | 44.0 |
| 23/24 | 39.9 |
| 24/25 | 40.0 |
Langdale Road, Dunstable, LU6 3BU
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 31 October, 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
- Helen Palmer
- Address
- Langdale Road, Dunstable, LU6 3BU
- Telephone
- 01582601241