St Vincent's Catholic Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Dunstable, Central Bedfordshire·LU5 5RG
Composite score
51.0
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#6,933
National rank
#733
In East of England
#12
In Central Bedfordshire
Top 47%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
73%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
75%
36 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.20
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
79
any preference, for 30 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.24
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9620221.3020231.2120240.9620251.202026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Central Bedfordshire does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for St Vincent's Catholic Primary School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
2–11
Pupils on roll
216
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Roman Catholic

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
10.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
46.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
10.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,872
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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About St Vincent's Catholic Primary School

St Vincent's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Dunstable, Central Bedfordshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy with a Roman Catholic religious character. Around 216 pupils aged 2 to 11 attend the school. 73% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 16.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). St Vincent's Catholic Primary School is oversubscribed: about 8 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 36 first choices for 30 places. Overall pupil absence was 4.9%. There are about 20.5 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 10% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. St Vincent's Catholic Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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