Dunstable Icknield Lower School

State-Funded School

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East of EnglandRegion

Central BedfordshireLocal Authority

Dunstable and Leighton BuzzardConstituency

LU6 3AGPostcode

0.6

Academic Performance

Ofsted

About the School

Dunstable Icknield Lower School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 3–9, located in Central Bedfordshire, East of England.

The school is rated Requires improvement by Ofsted. It currently serves 295 pupils. Dunstable Icknield Lower School is part of SCHOLARS' EDUCATION TRUST.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Requires improvement

Early yearsprovision

Requires improvement

Ethnicity

White

56%

Asian

20%

Black

Mixed

12%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

295

Total Pupils

49%Boys

51%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

16%

England average

27%

First language not English

52%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 3 – 9
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 295
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)
MAT name: SCHOLARS' EDUCATION TRUST

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
3 Apr 2024	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Requires improvement	Requires improvement

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.