William Austin Junior School
Ofsted: School remains GoodCommunity school · Primary
Luton · LU3 1UA · Luton
Ages 7–11
- KS264%
- Absence5.5%
- FSM29.9%
0.0 miles away
OpenPrimaryOfsted: Standards maintainedURN 109584
William Austin Infant School
Community school · Luton · LU3 1PZ
Ages 5–7 · 313 pupils · Luton
Ofsted
Standards maintained
Overall absence
6.0%
Admissions demand
0.95 · Balanced demand
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Standards maintained
Inspection date
2024-11-17
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence6.0%
Persistent absence (10%+)17.9%
Unauthorised1.5%
- Authorised absence
- 4.5%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 0.8%
- Enrolments in measure
- 251
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for primary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
0.95 · Balanced demand
1st preferences
81
Places offered
85
1st-preference offers
81
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 183
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 85
- Applications from outside LA
- 1
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill87%
313 pupils · 360 places
- Pupils on roll
- 313
- Boys / girls
- 158 / 155
- School capacity
- 360
- Capacity fill
- 313 / 360 (87%)
- Free school meals
- 19.2%
- FSM pupils
- 60
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Community school
Age range
Ages 5–7
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 Bal Kang
Location
- Address
- Culverhouse Road
- Postcode
- LU3 1PZ
- 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 5–7, in Luton, Luton, 313 pupils on roll. Free school meals: 19.2%.
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
0.4 miles away
River Bank Primary School
Ofsted: GoodFree schools · Primary
Luton · LU3 1ES · Luton
Ages 4–11
- KS277%
- Absence5.9%
- FSM23.5%
- Demand0.80
0.6 miles away
Denbigh Primary School
Ofsted: Standards maintainedCommunity school · Primary
Luton · LU3 1NS · Luton
Ages 4–11
- KS270%
- Absence6.5%
- FSM24.8%
- Demand1.39
0.6 miles away
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Ofsted: School remains GoodAcademy converter · Primary
Luton · LU3 2NS · Luton
Ages 5–11
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
0.7 miles away
Norton Road Primary School
Ofsted: GoodCommunity school · Primary
Luton · LU3 2NX · Luton
Ages 5–11
- KS265%
- Absence6.1%
- FSM30.8%
- Demand1.00
0.8 miles away
Warden Hill Junior School
Ofsted: Not judgedCommunity school · Primary
Luton · LU3 2DN · Luton
Ages 7–11
- KS257%
- Absence6.0%
- FSM20.8%
0.9 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Bal Kang
- Telephone
- 01582595198