Lark Rise Academy
Cartmel Drive, Dunstable, LU6 3PT
351 pupils · 98% of 360 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Trust
- CHILTERN LEARNING TRUST
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Free school meals
- 7.6%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 11 March 2025, published 28 April 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 88% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 10% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Oversubscribed — 1.53 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 45 | 69 | 159 | 45 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 44 | 68 | 131 | 44 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 45 | 59 | 121 | 45 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 45 | 65 | 132 | 45 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 45 | 55 | 122 | 45 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 45 | 48 | 128 | 45 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 45 | 48 | 112 | 45 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 44 | 65 | 134 | 44 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Ardley Hill Academy 0.7 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Watling Lower School 0.7 km · Some aspects not as strong (2024)
- Dunstable Icknield Lower School 1 km · Requires improvement (2023) · previous system
- Ashton St Peter's VA C of E School 1.1 km · Most areas: Expected standard (2026)
- Lancot School 1.5 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
- Beecroft Academy 1.7 km · Good (2024) · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.