Priory Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
C57
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- All-through
- Location
- Dunstable, LU5 4JA
- Distance
- 1.1km away
Queensbury Academy
Langdale Road, Dunstable, LU6 3BU
Local ranking16th of 26 secondary schools in Central Bedfordshire
Ofsted: Requires improvementUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
1350
Capacity
11-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 22 October 2024. Figures last updated .
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 22 October 2024 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Requires improvement
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Requires improvement
- Sixth form provision
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 41.4 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 38.9% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 60.6% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 203
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 98.0%
- Continued in education
- 95.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 1.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 89.0%
- Higher education
- 57.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 24.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C
Avg A-Level Grade
28.9
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
29.1
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
68
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 3.5% nat17.5%
- 16-18 Cohort
- 104
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1154
- Boys
- 563 (52%)
- Girls
- 530 (48%)
- Capacity
- 1350 (81% full)
- SEND
- 14.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 14.6%
- EAL
- 21.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.0%
- SEN Support
- 11.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 71.2
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,868/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 23.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 61.7%
- White Other: 15.2%
- Asian Indian: 3.7%
- Black African: 3.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 3.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.6%
- Mixed Other: 2.2%
- Asian Other: 2.1%
61.7%
White British
15.2%
White Other
3.7%
Asian Indian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Langdale Road
Dunstable, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 138571
- UKPRN
- 10038471
- Establishment No.
- 4002
- Trust
- ANTHEM SCHOOLS TRUST
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