Weatherfield Academy
Brewers Hill Road, Dunstable, LU6 1AF
- Phase
- Academies
- School type
- Academy special converter
- Ages
- 7 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- WHIPPERLEY ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher Liam Meenan
- Religious ethos
- None
- SEN provision
- MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 133
- Pupils on roll
- 166
- URN
- 137896
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01582605632
About this school
Weatherfield Academy is a special academy in Dunstable. It teaches children aged 7 to 19 and has 166 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Sixth form
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | - | 0% | - |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | - | 0% | - |
| Expected standard in reading | - | 0% | - |
| Expected standard in maths | - | 0% | - |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | - | 0% | - |
| Average scaled score in reading | - | - | - |
| Average scaled score in maths | - | - | - |
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 24 | 21 | 21 |
| Attainment 8 score | - | 0.5 | - |
| Progress 8 score | - | -1.72 -2.36 to -1.09 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | - | 0% | - |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | - | 0% | - |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | - | 0% | - |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | - | 0.0 | - |
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 Weatherfield Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.5% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.2% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 165 |
| 2023/24 | 164 |
| 2024/25 | 166 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 43.36%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- Overall absence
- 9.23%
- Persistent absence
- 28.45%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Stannard School1.6 miles
Special schools · Dunstable
-
The Academy of Central Bedfordshire2.4 miles
Free Schools · Houghton Regis
-
The Chiltern School2.5 miles
Special schools · Dunstable
-
Al Hikmah Boys School3.2 miles
Independent schools
-
King's House Moorlands3.2 miles
Independent schools · Luton
Other schools in Dunstable
- Stannard School Special schools
- The Chiltern School Special schools
- 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
- Harlington Lower School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Weatherfield Academy teach?
- Weatherfield Academy teaches children aged 7 to 19. It is a special school in Dunstable.
- Who is the headteacher of Weatherfield Academy?
- The headteacher of Weatherfield Academy is Headteacher Liam Meenan, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Weatherfield Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Weatherfield Academy, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Weatherfield Academy?
- Weatherfield Academy has 166 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 19.
- Is Weatherfield Academy full?
- Weatherfield Academy has capacity for 133 pupils and 166 on roll (125%), so it is at or above 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 Weatherfield Academy a faith school?
- No. Weatherfield Academy has no designated religious character.
- Who runs Weatherfield Academy?
- Weatherfield Academy is part of WHIPPERLEY ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Weatherfield Academy have?
- The schools register lists Weatherfield Academy's special educational needs provision as: MLD - Moderate Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is Weatherfield Academy's absence rate?
- Weatherfield Academy's overall absence rate is 9.2% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Weatherfield Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Weatherfield Academy'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.