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Watling Lower School

Primary school

Watling Lower School is a primary school in Central Bedfordshire, for pupils aged 2 to 9. It had 190 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Ofsted

Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026

Some aspects not as strong, December 2024

Latest ungraded inspection
Some aspects not as strong, 18 December 2024

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

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  • Ardley Hill AcademyPrimary. Good (overall), July 2024. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)440 m
  • Priory AcademyAll-through. School remains Good, April 2023. 65% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)560 m
  • Dunstable Icknield Lower SchoolPrimary. Requires improvement (overall), November 2023, before the school changed650 m
  • Queensbury AcademySecondary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 41.4 (2025/26, provisional)670 m
  • Lark Rise AcademyPrimary. Graded inspection, March 2025: no overall grade. 88% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)740 m
  • Ashton St Peter's VA C of E SchoolPrimary. Report card, April 2026: safeguarding met. 45% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)970 m

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.