Dunstable Icknield Lower School

Academy converter·First school Dunstable, Central Bedfordshire·LU6 3AG
School type
First school
Ages 3–9

Key Stage 2 performance

Dunstable Icknield Lower School is a first school for pupils aged 3–9. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every first school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
33 first choices, 38 places
First choices per place
0.87
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
87
any preference, for 38 places
Applications from another council area
1%

Every child who put Dunstable Icknield Lower School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Requires improvement

School profile

Age range
3–9
Pupils on roll
313
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
16.2%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
54.6%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
6.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,901
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

School overview

Dunstable Icknield Lower School is a primary school serving Dunstable, Central Bedfordshire, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 313 pupils aged 3 to 9 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Dunstable Icknield Lower School 'Requires improvement'.

Dunstable Icknield Lower School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 33 families who put it first were offered a place. There are about 20.2 pupils per teacher. If you are considering Dunstable Icknield Lower School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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.