School profile
Watling Lower School
Bull Pond Lane, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, LU6 3BJ
Overview
Watling Lower School is a state-funded school (academy converter) in Dunstable, East of England, for pupils aged 2–9. This summary is generated only from official structured fields.
School details
- Official establishment type
- Academy converter
- Establishment group
- Academies
- Phase of education
- Primary
- Age range
- Ages 2–9
- Gender of entry
- Mixed
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Sixth form
- No
- School capacity
- 150
- Pupils on roll
- 190
- URN
- 151796
Admissions
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Academy trust or group
- SCHOLARS' EDUCATION TRUST
Contact the school or your local authority for catchment and application deadlines.
Official admissions data
Applications & demand
Preferences expressed by families through coordinated admissions, shown over time.
2026/27 admissions · Reception
- First preferences
- 35
- Total preferences
- 114
- Offers made
- 28
Times the school was named as a family's first preference.
All recorded preference positions for this school.
Offers recorded through coordinated admissions, not physical capacity.
First preferences compared with offers
1.25 first preferences per offer
35 first preferences and 28 offers were recorded for 2026/27.
What does this mean?
This is the Department for Education's own published comparison of first preferences with total offers recorded. It indicates the level of requests made through coordinated admissions. Offers are not necessarily the school's maximum capacity, admissions arrangements vary between local authorities, the figure is not a measure of school quality, and it should not be used on its own to judge the likelihood of gaining a place.
First preferences over time
Latest five available admissions years. Missing years are not estimated.
Admissions history
| Admissions year | First preferences | Total preferences | Offers made |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | 35 | 114 | 28 |
| 2025/26 | 43 | 110 | 30 |
| 2024/25 | 39 | 109 | 29 |
| 2023/24 | 49 | 115 | 30 |
| 2022/23 | 48 | 92 | 30 |
Source: Department for Education · Applications and offers data.
Official inspection data
Ofsted inspections
Inspection information published by Ofsted, shown in Ofsted's own words.
Other recent inspection activity
These visits do not carry a graded judgement.
Ungraded inspection
Inspected 18 December 2024 · Published 23 January 2025
Outcome: Some aspects not as strong
This inspection relates to a predecessor school, Watling Lower School. It is not a judgement about the school under its current identity.
School Nest shows the inspection information Ofsted currently publishes for this school. It is not a complete record of every inspection the school has ever had.
Source: Ofsted · Inspections and outcomes. Official Ofsted page for this school
Location
- Address
- Bull Pond Lane, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, LU6 3BJ
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
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