- School
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Priory Academy - Dunstable
- Open events for parents and carers
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Thursday 3 November 2022
Open 5:45pm to 7pm.
Principal's speech at:
- 6pm
- 6:45pm
- 7:30pm
- Type of school
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Extended Middle School - Academy
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Britain Road
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Dunstable
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Bedfordshire
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LU5 4JA
- Telephone
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01582 661158
- Email address
- adminoffice@prioryacademy.co.uk
- Website
- http://www.prioryacademy.co.uk
- Fax
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01582 472359
- Headteacher
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Ian Bailey
- Age range
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9 to 16
- Ofsted inspection
- Catchment area
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This school does not use a catchment area as part of its admission criteria.
- Published admission numbers (places available)
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120
- Designated measuring point
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Main entrance gate in Britain Street
- Oversubscription criteria
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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
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Allocation statistics Published admission number (PAN) Requests Places offered Last place offered 120 142 120 At the time of the initial allocation in April 2023, the last place offered was to a child in criterion "any other children" who lived at a distance of 677.45 metres from the school - In-year admissions
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Information for in-year admission during academic year September 2023 to July 2024
Admission number per year group:
- years 5 to 6: 120
- years 7 to 11: 84
Oversubscription criteria: As above
Contact the academy directly to make an in-year application.
- School closures
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You can either check our website for school closures or register to get email alerts if a school closes:
- School transport
- School transport timetables
- Report incorrect school information
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If you believe any of the information on this page is incorrect, please email admissions@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk to let us know.
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