All Saints Academy Dunstable
Houghton Road, Dunstable, LU5 5AB
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Trust
- ALL SAINTS ACADEMY DUNSTABLE
- Headteacher
- Mrs Elizabeth Furber
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious ethos
- None
- Diocese
- Diocese of St Albans
- Sponsor
- Diocese of St Albans
- Constituency
- Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 740
- Pupils on roll
- 520
- URN
- 135946
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01582619700
About this school
All Saints Academy Dunstable is a Church of England secondary academy in Dunstable. It teaches children aged 11 to 18 and has 520 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected All Saints Academy Dunstable, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 119 | 140 | 131 |
| Attainment 8 score | 32.8 | 36.1 | 36.9 |
| Progress 8 score | -1.14 -1.40 to -0.88 | -0.88 -1.14 to -0.63 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 25% | 28.6% | 25.2% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 45% | 52.9% | 55.7% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 58% | 55.7% | 69.5% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 2.9 | 3.3 | 3.3 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How All Saints Academy Dunstable has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Central Bedfordshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 32.8 | 41.6 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 36.1 | 38.9 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 36.9 | 42.7 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 664 |
| 2023/24 | 643 |
| 2024/25 | 564 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How All Saints Academy Dunstable compares
All Saints Academy Dunstable ranked 14th of 14 secondary schools in Central Bedfordshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 30% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 13% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 36.9 | 8.6% | 34.7% | 520 | — |
| Queensbury Academy | 40 | 8.7% | 14.6% | 1,093 | 1.2 miles |
| The Chalk Hills Academy | 45.7 | 8.7% | 35.1% | 1,644 | 1.7 miles |
| Houstone School | 46.1 | 7.4% | 29.4% | 765 | 1.7 miles |
| Manshead Church of England Academy | 43 | 10.5% | 19.9% | 1,134 | 2.1 miles |
| Challney High School for Girls | 50.1 | 6.3% | 30.3% | 1,062 | 2.6 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 34.66%
- English as an additional language
- 19.3%
- Overall absence
- 8.58%
- Persistent absence
- 23.28%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Queensbury Academy1.2 miles
Secondary · Dunstable
-
The Chalk Hills Academy1.7 miles
Secondary · Luton
-
Houstone School1.7 miles
Secondary · Dunstable
-
Manshead Church of England Academy2.1 miles
Secondary · Luton
-
Challney High School for Girls2.6 miles
Secondary · Luton
Other schools in Dunstable
All Saints Academy Dunstable ranks 5th of the 5 ranked secondary schools in Dunstable.
- Harlington Upper School Secondary
- Houstone School Secondary
- Queensbury Academy Secondary
- Westfield Nursery School Nursery
- Willow Nursery School Nursery
- Ardley Hill Academy Primary
- Ashton St Peter's VA C of E School Primary
- Beecroft Academy Primary
- Dunstable Icknield Lower School Primary
- Eaton Bray Academy Primary
- Edlesborough Primary Academy Primary
- Hadrian Academy Primary
Common questions
- What ages does All Saints Academy Dunstable teach?
- All Saints Academy Dunstable teaches children aged 11 to 18. It is a secondary school in Dunstable.
- Who is the headteacher of All Saints Academy Dunstable?
- The headteacher of All Saints Academy Dunstable is Mrs Elizabeth Furber, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has All Saints Academy Dunstable been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected All Saints Academy Dunstable, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at All Saints Academy Dunstable?
- All Saints Academy Dunstable has 520 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 18.
- Is All Saints Academy Dunstable full?
- All Saints Academy Dunstable has capacity for 740 pupils and 520 on roll (70%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is All Saints Academy Dunstable a faith school?
- Yes. All Saints Academy Dunstable is designated Church of England, in the Diocese of St Albans.
- Is All Saints Academy Dunstable a selective school?
- No. All Saints Academy Dunstable is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is All Saints Academy Dunstable part of an academy trust?
- All Saints Academy Dunstable is part of ALL SAINTS ACADEMY DUNSTABLE. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have All Saints Academy Dunstable's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 32.8 in 2022/23 and 36.9 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does All Saints Academy Dunstable compare with other schools in Central Bedfordshire?
- All Saints Academy Dunstable ranked 14th of 14 secondary schools in Central Bedfordshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 30% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 13% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is All Saints Academy Dunstable's absence rate?
- All Saints Academy Dunstable's overall absence rate is 8.6% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are All Saints Academy Dunstable's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, All Saints Academy Dunstable's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.