Dunstable Icknield Lower School
About the school
Dunstable Icknield Lower School is an open primary school in Central Bedfordshire.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 14 November 2023
- Published
- 3 April 2024
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
- Latest outcome
- Requires improvement
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Requires improvement
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
313
Girls
51.76%
Boys
48.24%
SEN support
15.65%
Education, health and care plan
6.39%
English as an additional language
54.60%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
16.20%
Overall absence
5.98
Persistent absence
14.23