Priory Academy
All-through schoolPriory Academy is a all-through school in Central Bedfordshire, for pupils aged 9 to 16. It had 830 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026School remains Good, April 2023
- Latest ungraded inspection
- School remains Good, 20 April 2023
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 65% of pupils at Priory Academy met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 50% in Central Bedfordshire and 62% in England.
7% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
In 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Priory Academy was 42.0, against 43.2 in Central Bedfordshire and 46.2 in England.
45% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Central Bedfordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 65% | 50% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 7% | 3% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105 | 104 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104 | 103 | 105 |
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Central Bedfordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 42.0 | 43.2 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 45% | 41.2% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 58.7% | 61.7% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 109 | – | – |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Watling Lower SchoolPrimary. Some aspects not as strong, December 2024560 m
- Dunstable Icknield Lower SchoolPrimary. Requires improvement (overall), November 2023, before the school changed710 m
- Ardley Hill AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), July 2024. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)900 m
- St. Augustine's AcademyPrimary. School remains Good, June 2024. 32% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)950 m
- Stannard SchoolSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file1 km
- Ashton St Peter's VA C of E SchoolPrimary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met. 45% 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.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).