All Saints Academy Dunstable
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 520 pupils
81% stayed in education · Attainment 8 36.9
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Priory Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 830of 700 places
- Free school meals
- 14.8%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 103
- Ofsted
- School remains Good, 20 April 2023Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Priory Middle School (URN 109647, until 1 June 2012).
What the data says
Priory Academy has no sixth form. Of the 96 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 3% moved to a sixth form college, 45% to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.
Food Preparation and Nutrition is unusually popular at GCSE: 32% of the year group took it, against 8% of pupils across England.
GCSE results in 2025 were in line with the national picture: Attainment 8 of 46.2 against 46.1 across England and 43.6 in Central Bedfordshire, with 50% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Almost every leaver found a sustained destination: only 2% were not in education, work or training six months on, against 6% nationally.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Central Bedfordshire and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Priory Academy | Central Bedfordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 96 | 2,928 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 98% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 93% | 88% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 45% | 43% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 3% | 2% | 13% |
| — further education college | 45% | 40% | 37% |
| — other education | 0% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| Employment | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 2% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 0% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Priory Academy | Central Bedfordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 46.2 | 43.6 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 50% | 42% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 70% | 65% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 30% | 28% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.08 | 3.75 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 15% | 18% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 24.7 | 28.9 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 49.9 | 46.7 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 14% | 8% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 98 | 95% | 89% | 19% | 20% | 72% |
| Mathematics | 98 | 95% | 88% | 16% | 22% | 81% |
| English Literature | 97 | 94% | 86% | 18% | 21% | 77% |
| Combined Science | 86 | 83% | 65% | 6% | 9% | 69% |
| Geography | 65 | 63% | 41% | 17% | 25% | 65% |
| History | 54 | 52% | 41% | 31% | 26% | 74% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 33 | 32% | 8% | 9% | 21% | 73% |
| Spanish | 20 | 19% | 19% | 10% | 27% | 70% |
| Religious Studies | 19 | 18% | 31% | 26% | 32% | 68% |
| Design and Technology | 18 | 17% | 11% | 6% | 23% | 56% |
| Fine Art | 16 | 16% | 9% | 25% | 28% | 81% |
| Computer Science | 16 | 16% | 13% | 13% | 30% | 31% |
| Music | 15 | 15% | 5% | 0% | 33% | 47% |
| Drama | 12 | 12% | 7% | 17% | 27% | 83% |
| Physics | 12 | 12% | 23% | 67% | 46% | 100% |
| Chemistry | 12 | 12% | 23% | 75% | 47% | 100% |
| Biology | 12 | 12% | 23% | 58% | 45% | 100% |
| Physical Education | 12 | 12% | 11% | 25% | 24% | 75% |
| Statistics | 11 | 11% | 5% | 18% | 20% | 73% |
| French | 9 | 9% | 18% | 33% | 29% | 89% |
| Polish | 4 | 4% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Russian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 87% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports Studies | 37 | — | — |
| Computer Appreciation / Introduction | 22 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 15 | — | — |
Other secondary schools in Central Bedfordshire
Cedars Upper School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,135 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 48.5
Etonbury Academy
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,158 pupils
93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.5
Harlington Upper School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,156 pupils
83% stayed in education · Attainment 8 47.8
Manshead Church of England Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,134 pupils
92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.0
Queensbury Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,093 pupils
95% stayed in education · Attainment 8 40.0
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.