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Ashton St Peter's VA C of E School

URN
109703
Phase
Primary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Ashton St Peter's VA C of E School
URN
109703
Phase
Primary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
5-11
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Limited Data

43 / 100

Limited Data

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

20

Inspection

75

Admissions Value

25

Destinations

—

Stability & Context

75

School Compass rankings

School rankings are not currently available.

School Compass recommendation

Insufficient Data

Not enough information is available to generate a recommendation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Not recommended
  • Admissions pressure: Very high competition
  • Admissions risk: Very high risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Average
  • National comparison: Similar to national average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

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Ofsted inspections

Previous inspection framework
Latest publication date
15 March 2022
Inspection date
2 February 2022
Inspection type
Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Overall effectiveness

    Good

    Graded 15 March 2022

  • Quality of education

    Good

    Graded 15 March 2022

  • Behaviour and attitudes

Admissions

Very High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Reception in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

30

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

87

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

30

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

2.9×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Central Bedfordshire
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a primary school place (Central Bedfordshire)
Application deadline
15 January 2027 (on-time deadline for primary entry, September 2027)
School website
www.ashtonstpeters.beds.sch.uk/

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Central Bedfordshire to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 2 (primary)

Key stage 2 (primary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 2 attainment for academic year 2024/25.

Reading expected standard

Reading expected %

77.0%

Writing expected standard

Writing expected %

52.0%

Maths expected standard

Maths expected %

77.0%

Reading, writing and maths expected

RWM expected %

45.0%

Reading progress

Reading progress

Not published

Writing progress

Location

LU6 1EW - Leighton Court, Dunstable, Bedfordshire

Contact details

Address
Leighton Court, Dunstable, Bedfordshire
Postcode
LU6 1EW
Phone
1582663410
Website
www.ashtonstpeters.beds.sch.uk/
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Central Bedfordshire
Local authority code
823

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 240 schools in Central Bedfordshire.

Authority statistics

Total schools

240

Open schools

135

Closed schools

105

Primary schools

148

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

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  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • Outstanding

    Graded 15 March 2022

  • Personal development

    Good

    Graded 15 March 2022

  • Leadership and management

    Good

    Graded 15 March 2022

  • Early years

    Good

    Graded 15 March 2022

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    Inspection history

    Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

    PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    15 March 20222 February 2022Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1GoodView report for inspection published 15 March 2022
    • Good

      Published
      15 March 2022
      Inspected
      2 February 2022
      Type
      Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
      Report
      View report

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    34.5%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 30

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    Writing progress

    Not published

    Maths progress

    Maths progress

    Not published

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    26

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary148 (62.7%)
    • Secondary26 (11.0%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other62 (26.3%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Dunstable Icknield Lower School346 mPrimaryOpen
    Dunstable Icknield Lower School346 mPrimaryClosed
    Pilgrim Christian School590 mNot applicableClosed
    Ashton CofE VA Middle School629 mMiddle deemed secondaryClosed
    Beecroft Academy668 mPrimaryOpen
    Beecroft Lower School668 mPrimaryClosed
    Westfield Nursery School702 mNurseryOpen
    Queensbury Upper School754 mSecondaryClosed
    Queensbury Academy754 mSecondaryOpen
    Lancot School807 mPrimaryOpen
    • Dunstable Icknield Lower School
      Distance
      346 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Dunstable Icknield Lower School
      Distance
      346 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • Pilgrim Christian School
      Distance
      590 m
      Phase
      Not applicable
      Status
      Closed
    • Ashton CofE VA Middle School
      Distance
      629 m
      Phase
      Middle deemed secondary
      Status
      Closed

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Primary) and local authority (Central Bedfordshire)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    All Saints VA CofE Lower SchoolPrimarySG17 5ESClosed
    Ardley Hill AcademyPrimaryLU6 3NZOpen
    Ardley Hill Lower SchoolPrimaryLU6 3NZClosed
    Aspley Guise Village SchoolPrimaryMK17 8JTClosed
    Aspley Guise Village SchoolPrimaryMK17 8JTOpen
    • All Saints VA CofE Lower School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      SG17 5ES
      Status
      Closed
    • Ardley Hill Academy
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      LU6 3NZ
      Status
      Open
    • Ardley Hill Lower School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      LU6 3NZ
      Status
      Closed
    • Aspley Guise Village School
      Phase
      Primary
      Postcode
      MK17 8JT
      Status
      Closed
    • Aspley Guise Village School
    Beecroft Academy
    Distance
    668 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Beecroft Lower School
    Distance
    668 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Westfield Nursery School
    Distance
    702 m
    Phase
    Nursery
    Status
    Open
  • Queensbury Upper School
    Distance
    754 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Closed
  • Queensbury Academy
    Distance
    754 m
    Phase
    Secondary
    Status
    Open
  • Lancot School
    Distance
    807 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Phase
    Primary
    Postcode
    MK17 8JT
    Status
    Open