Watling Lower School

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Watling Lower School, inspected in December 2024.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover).

In 2025–26 Watling Lower School had 28.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7).

Pupils per teacher

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 17.4% of pupils at Watling Lower School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

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All schools in Dunstable · Central Bedfordshire local authority: places and applications

Watling Lower School is part of Scholars' Education Trust, which runs 13 schools. The nearest others:

• Priory Academy Dunstable
• Dunstable Icknield Lower School Dunstable
• Harpenden Academy Harpenden
• Sir John Lawes School Harpenden
• Oakleaf Primary Hemel Hempstead
• The Hemel Hempstead School Hemel Hempstead
• Longdean School Hemel Hempstead
• Samuel Ryder Academy St Albans
• The Highfield School Letchworth Garden City
• Buntingford First School Buntingford

What is Watling Lower School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Watling Lower School is Good, from an inspection in December 2024 of its predecessor, Watling Lower School.

When was Watling Lower School last inspected by Ofsted?

Watling Lower School was last inspected in June 2025.

How many pupils does Watling Lower School have?

Watling Lower School has 190 pupils on roll.

What age range does Watling Lower School cover?

Watling Lower School for pupils aged 2 to 9.

Where is Watling Lower School?

Watling Lower School is at Bull Pond Lane, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, LU6 3BJ.