Warden Hill Infant Academy
Ofsted: Requires improvementAcademy converter · Primary
Luton · LU3 2DN · Luton
Ages 4–7
- FSM14.8%
0.1 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: Not judgedURN 109562
Warden Hill Junior School
Community school · Luton · LU3 2DN
Ages 7–11 · 418 pupils · Luton
Ofsted
Not judged
KS2 expected (RWM)
57%
Overall absence
6.0%
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Not judged
Inspection date
2025-06-17
- Overall effectiveness
- Not judged
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding effective
- Yes
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
Expected standard (RWM)57%
Higher standard (RWM)5%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 103.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 105.0
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence6.0%
Persistent absence (10%+)17.1%
Unauthorised2.1%
- Authorised absence
- 3.8%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.4%
- Enrolments in measure
- 473
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill93%
418 pupils · 450 places
- Pupils on roll
- 418
- Boys / girls
- 204 / 214
- School capacity
- 450
- Capacity fill
- 418 / 450 (93%)
- Free school meals
- 20.8%
- FSM pupils
- 87
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 7–11
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
0 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Community school
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rebecca Lightfoot
Location
- Address
- Birdsfoot Lane
- Postcode
- LU3 2DN
- Town
- Luton
- County
- Bedfordshire
- Local authority
- Luton
- District
- Luton
- Constituency
- Luton North
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed community school (primary), Ages 7–11, in Luton, Luton, 418 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 20.8%.
Nearby primary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Icknield Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Luton · LU3 2JB · Luton
Ages 4–11
- KS256%
- Absence6.1%
- FSM21.1%
- Demand0.97
0.5 miles away
Bramingham Primary School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Luton · LU3 4BL · Luton
Ages 4–11
- KS248%
- Absence4.8%
- FSM14.3%
- Demand1.18
0.6 miles away
Bushmead Primary & Nursery School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Luton · LU2 7EU · Luton
Ages 2–11
- KS265%
- Absence5.9%
- FSM14.1%
- Demand1.15
0.8 miles away
The Meads Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Luton · LU3 2UE · Luton
Ages 4–11
- KS272%
- Absence4.9%
- FSM29.6%
- Demand0.88
0.8 miles away
William Austin Infant School
Ofsted: Standards maintainedCommunity school · Primary
Luton · LU3 1PZ · Luton
Ages 5–7
- Absence6.0%
- FSM19.2%
- Demand0.95
0.9 miles away
William Austin Junior School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Luton · LU3 1UA · Luton
Ages 7–11
- KS264%
- Absence5.5%
- FSM29.9%
0.9 miles away
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Luton · LU3 2NS · Luton
Ages 5–11
1.1 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rebecca Lightfoot
- Telephone
- 01582591386