Watling Lower School
Ofsted: Good
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- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Location
- Dunstable, LU6 3BJ
- Distance
- 0.4km away
Ardley Hill Academy
Lowther Road, Dunstable, LU6 3NZ
Local ranking16th of 92 primary schools in Central Bedfordshire
Ofsted: Good
Primary
Phase
520
Capacity
2-11
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
KS2 Results (Year 6 SATs)
2024-25- Reading, Writing & Maths (Expected)
- 60.0% nat62.0%
- Reading, Writing & Maths (Higher)
- 3.0% nat8.0%
- Reading (Expected)
- 71.0%
- Writing (Expected)
- 78.0%
- Maths (Expected)
- 69.0%
- Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (Expected)
- 68.0%
- Reading avg scaled score
- 105.0 nat106.0
- Maths avg scaled score
- 104.0 nat105.0
- GPS avg scaled score
- 104.0
- Cohort Size
- 59
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 461
- Boys
- 237 (51%)
- Girls
- 224 (49%)
- Capacity
- 520 (89% full)
- SEND
- 13.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 12.0%
- EAL
- 20.6%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.8%
- SEN Support
- 8.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 22.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 19.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,302/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 5.5% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 13.7% 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
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Not applicable
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 65.7%
- White Other: 8.1%
- Black African: 6.1%
- Asian Other: 5.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 3.3%
- Mixed Other: 2.8%
- Mixed White & Black African: 2.0%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.1%
65.7%
White British
8.1%
White Other
6.1%
Black African
Historical Trends
KS2 Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Lowther Road
Dunstable, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 138209
- UKPRN
- 10037467
- Establishment No.
- 2192
- Trust
- CHILTERN LEARNING TRUST
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