Directory of schools in Central Bedfordshire - Priory Academy - Dunstable

School

Priory Academy - Dunstable

Open events for parents and carers

Thursday 17 October 2024

Open 5:30pm to 8pm.

Type of school

Extended Middle School - Academy

Britain Road

Dunstable

Bedfordshire

LU5 4JA

Telephone

01582 661158

Email address

adminoffice@prioryacademy.co.uk

Website

http://www.prioryacademy.co.uk

Fax

01582 472359

Headteacher

Ian Bailey

Age range

9 to 16

Ofsted inspection

View report on Ofsted's website

Catchment area

This school does not use a catchment area as part of its admission criteria.

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Published admission numbers (places available)

120

Designated measuring point

Main entrance gate in Britain Street

Oversubscription criteria

Oversubscription criteria:

all 'looked after' children or children who were previously 'looked after', including children who appear to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted (see definition below)
pupils currently attending Dunstable Icknield Lower School, Studham CofE Lower School or Watling Lower School
pupils of members of staff (see below)
pupils with siblings at the school
any other children who live nearest to the school determined by straight line distance from the school site to the child’s home address

Definition of 'children who appear to have been in state care outside of England'

Children who appear to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.

A child is regarded as having been in state care in a place outside of England if they were accommodated by a public authority, a religious organisation or any other provider of care whose sole purpose if to benefit society.

Definition of 'staff'

This applies to permanent, full or part-time, staff who have been employed at the academy for two or more years at the time of application and/or staff recruited to fill a vacant post where there was a demonstrable skill shortage. The relationship to the child is defined as by blood or adoption or with legal parental responsibility and living with the child in the same house Monday – Friday.

Allocation statistics

Allocation statistics
Published admission number (PAN)	Requests	Places offered	Last place offered
120	152	120	At the time of the initial allocation in April 2024, the last place offered was to a child in criterion "any other children who live nearest to the school determined by straight line distance from the school site to the child’s home address" who lived at a distance of 354.22 metres from the school

In-year admissions