Dunstable Icknield Lower School

Primary school

Dunstable Icknield Lower School is a primary school in Central Bedfordshire, for pupils aged 3 to 9. It had 295 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Ofsted

Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026

Requires improvement (overall), November 2023, before the school changed

Inspection: Graded inspection, 14 November 2023
Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement
Quality of education: Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes: Requires improvement
Personal development: Good
Leadership and management: Requires improvement

Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.

The Department for Education publishes no KS2 or KS4 results for this school.

Schools nearby

In a straight line

Ashton St Peter's VA C of E SchoolPrimary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met. 45% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)350 m
Watling Lower SchoolPrimary. Some aspects not as strong, December 2024650 m
Queensbury AcademySecondary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 41.4 (2025/26, provisional)670 m
Priory AcademyAll-through. School remains Good, April 2023. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)710 m
Lark Rise AcademyPrimary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. 88% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)980 m
Beecroft AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), March 2024. 39% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1 km

Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Central Bedfordshire

Where these figures come from

Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.