St Vincent's Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · Dunstable, Central Bedfordshire
St Vincent's Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Dunstable, Central Bedfordshire for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 25 May 2022.
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Key facts
- Address
- Hammersmith Gardens, Houghton Regis, Dunstable, LU5 5RG
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Central Bedfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 213 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 25 May 2022
Strengths
- “From the early years through to Year 6, pupils are polite, friendly and welcoming.”
- “They consistently demonstrate the school’s virtues.”
- “For example, pupils are loving, honest, tolerant and respectful, whether they are playing football at breaktime, practising writing in Nursery or solving problems in mathematics lessons.”
To improve
- “In some cases, pupils have gaps in their basic skills, such as letter or number formation and spelling.”
- “Occasionally, in subjects where the curriculum is in the embedding phase, the activities pupils carry out do not support their progress as well as they might.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 15 September 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 73% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 36 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 27 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
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Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Central Bedfordshire.
- Lime Tree Primary Academy 0.4 mi Good
- Thomas Whitehead Church of England Academy 0.4 mi Not judged
- Tithe Farm Primary School 0.5 mi Not judged
- Thornhill Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged
- Houghton Regis Primary School 0.7 mi Not judged
- The Vale Academy 1.0 mi Not judged
- Hadrian Academy 1.1 mi School remains Good
- Chalton Lower School 1.4 mi School remains Good