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Leagrave Primary School

Primary · Luton · LU4 9ND

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Outstanding (2018)

Last grade Ofsted published, no newer grade exists

Ofsted graded this school Outstanding in 2018. Every inspection since has been ungraded, and an ungraded inspection cannot change a grade. The most recent found “Standards maintained”. Ofsted's current data file lists only graded inspections from September 2019 onwards, so this grade has dropped out of it, but it is still the school's grade of record, and still on Ofsted's own report page. Treat an Outstanding of this age with care: Outstanding schools were exempt from routine re-inspection until 2020, so these grades are among the oldest on record.

Inspected 11 December 2018

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At a glance

457 pupils · 104% of 440 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Foundation school
Age range
3–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
26.2% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
40.8% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
17.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
http://www.leagraveprimary.co.uk/
URN
131851

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 98 families named it first for 58 Reception places, 1.69 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.56 miles; distance decided places in 2 of the 2 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2021 to 2026. The last grade Ofsted published for it is Outstanding, from 2018. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.1% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.69 first-choice applications per place

58 places offered · 98 first-choice applications · heavily oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 0.56 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.56 miles

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

58 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
91%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
22%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
110
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
110
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school91%
Median of its 12 closest peers56.5%
Luton average66.7%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
The Westborough SchoolWestcliff-on-Sea · 56 miles awayGood53%
Rainham Village Primary SchoolRainham · 39 miles awayGood58%
St Michael's Primary SchoolReading · 39 miles awayGood38%
Haydon Abbey School and Pre-SchoolAylesbury · 16 miles awayRequires improvement58%
Norbury Manor Primary SchoolLondon · 37 miles awayGood55%
Great Bridge Primary SchoolTipton · 79 miles awayGood67%
Corpus Christi Catholic SchoolCoventry · 54 miles awayGood51%
Town Farm Primary School & NurseryStaines · 31 miles awayOutstanding77%
Causeway Green Primary SchoolOldbury · 77 miles awayExpected standard58%
Thomas Hickman SchoolAylesbury · 16 miles awayGood52%
Meryfield Primary SchoolBorehamwood · 18 miles awayGood58%
Little Mead Primary AcademyBristol · 95 miles awayNeeds attention39%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Asian Pakistani 28% (Luton 26%, England 5%) · Asian Bangladeshi 14% (Luton 12%, England 2%) · White British 11% (Luton 13%, England 60%) · Any other Asian background 8% (Luton 6%, England 2%) · Any other White background 8% (Luton 12%, England 7%) · Black African 6% (Luton 9%, England 5%) · Asian Indian 4% (Luton 6%, England 4%) · Any other ethnic group 4% (Luton 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 4% (Luton 2%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 3% (Luton 3%, England 3%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Luton 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Luton 2%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Luton 1%, England 1%) · Not recorded 1% (Luton 1%, England 1%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Luton 0%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 1% (Luton 1%, England 1%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.1%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
10.5%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

5.22 suspensions per 100 pupils and 2 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Luton: 1.24 suspensions and 0.01 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
23.8
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

85% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 3% moved to another state school · 13% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

70.8% of teachers took sickness absence, 3.8 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £50,245; 21.7% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£7,113
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 75% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 10% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 2% (3%) · catering 5% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £232,691; in-year balance +£86,621

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher31.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications21.5%18.1%
In managerial or professional work23.5%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways26.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health46.3%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier56.6%62.3%
Social housing28.3%17.1%
Privately rented14.9%20.5%
Detached houses11.4%22.9%
Flats20.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms15.7%21.1%
Households with no car or van21.3%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01015751 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£320,000316 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£273,000–£360,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (45)£378,000
Semi-detached (159)£330,000
Terraced (85)£285,000
Flat (27)£120,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.90 km, 2026 entry): 255 sales, median £320,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
11an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
44an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
3an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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