Ardley Hill Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D53
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Dunstable, LU6 3NZ
- Distance
- 0.7km away
Lark Rise Academy
Cartmel Drive, Dunstable, LU6 3PT
Local ranking1st of 92 primary schools in Central Bedfordshire
Ofsted: Outstanding
Primary
Phase
360
Capacity
3-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2025 SATs · Ofsted inspection 11 March 2025. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 11 March 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership & management
- Outstanding
- Early years
- Outstanding
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 88.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 10.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 98.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 90.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 95.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 93.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 109.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 110.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 110.0
- Cohort Size
- 40
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 359
- Boys
- 177 (50%)
- Girls
- 174 (50%)
- Capacity
- 360 (98% full)
- SEND
- 9.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 6.4%
- EAL
- 15.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.5%
- SEN Support
- 7.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 21.4:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 16.1
- Budget per Pupil
- £5,890/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 3.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 3.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Not applicable
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 63.0%
- White Other: 14.2%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 3.6%
- Mixed White & Asian: 3.3%
- Asian Indian: 3.1%
- Black African: 3.1%
- Asian Other: 2.8%
- Mixed Other: 2.2%
63.0%
White British
14.2%
White Other
3.6%
Mixed White & Black Caribbean
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Cartmel Drive
Dunstable, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 136345
- UKPRN
- 10031573
- Establishment No.
- 2217
- Trust
- CHILTERN LEARNING TRUST
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