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Schools in Luton

76 open schools · Ofsted ratings, catchment areas and admission criteria · best primary schools · best secondary schools

Luton has 70 state schools: 46 primary, 13 secondary, 6 nursery. Between them they teach around 39,933 pupils. 50 have enough published data for a score, averaging 5.4 out of 10, and 5 score 8 or above.

7 have a sixth form. 23 take children from age three or under. 6 have a religious character, which usually means the school sets its own admissions criteria rather than the council's. How the score works.

Good or better

55

of 57 rated

Average score

5.4

out of 10

Undersubscribed schools rated Good or Outstanding

These schools didn't fill on first preference in the latest admissions year, despite an Ofsted rating of Good or Outstanding — worth a look if you're chasing the same handful of famous names everyone else applies to.

Stopsley High School Good · ×0.52 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Queen Elizabeth School Good · ×0.73 1st prefs/place (2026/27) The Linden Academy Good · ×0.8 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Icknield High School Good · ×0.82 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Putteridge Primary School Good · ×0.82 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Wigmore Primary Good · ×0.84 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Good · ×0.85 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Stopsley Community Primary School Good · ×0.85 1st prefs/place (2026/27) The Meads Primary School Good · ×0.87 1st prefs/place (2026/27) Icknield Primary School Good · ×0.89 1st prefs/place (2026/27)

How places are allocated in Luton

Primary schools: Explicit catchment-area criteria (with/without sibling) ranked ahead of out-of-catchment applicants. (source)

Most schools use the local authority's default scheme rather than a school-specific catchment map — see each school's page for its own designated/catchment area where one is published.

Al Hikmah Boys School · Good Beech Hill Community Primary School Luton Beechwood Primary School Luton · Good Bramingham Primary School Luton · Good Bury Park Educational Institute (Al - Hikmah Secondary School) LUTON Bushmead Primary & Nursery School Luton · Good Cardinal Newman Catholic School A Specialist Science College Luton · Good Challney High School for Boys Luton · Outstanding Challney High School for Girls Luton · Outstanding Chantry Primary Academy Luton · Good Chapel Street Nursery School Luton · Good Chiltern Academy Luton · Good Crawley Green Infant School Luton · Not judged Cutenhoe Hill Primary School Luton · Not judged Dallow Primary School Luton · Good Denbigh High School Luton · Outstanding Denbigh Primary School Luton · Outstanding Downside Primary School Luton · Good Farley Junior Academy Luton · Outstanding Ferrars Junior School Luton · Good Foxdell Primary School Luton · Not judged Grasmere Nursery School Luton · Good Hart Hill Nursery School Luton · Good Hillborough Infant and Nursery School Luton · Good Hillborough Junior School Luton · Outstanding Icknield High School Luton · Good Icknield Primary School Luton · Good Jamiatul Uloom Al - Islamia Luton · Good King's House Moorlands Luton · Good Lady Zia Wernher School Luton · Outstanding Lea Manor High School Luton Leagrave Primary School Luton · Outstanding Lealands High School Luton · Good Lime Academy Hartwell Luton · Inadequate Luton Sixth Form College Luton · Good Maidenhall Primary School Luton Mehria Primary School · Good Norton Road Primary School Luton · Good Oakwood Primary School Luton Parklea Primary School Luton · Good Pastures Way Nursery School Luton · Good Pirton Hill Primary School Luton Putteridge High School Luton · Good Putteridge Primary School Luton · Good Queen Elizabeth School Luton · Good Ramridge Primary School Luton · Good Richmond Hill School Luton · Good River Bank Primary School Luton · Good Rothesay Nursery School Luton · Good Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School Luton · Good Someries Infant School and Early Childhood Education Centre Luton · Outstanding Someries Junior School Luton · Not judged Southfield Primary Academy Luton · Good St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Luton St Margaret of Scotland Catholic Primary School Luton · Good St Martin De Porres Catholic Primary School Luton · Good St Matthew's Primary School Luton · Good Stopsley Community Primary School Luton · Good Stopsley High School Luton · Good Tennyson Road Primary School Luton · Outstanding The Chalk Hills Academy Luton · Good The Ferrars Academy Luton · Good The Gill Blowers Nursery School Luton · Good The Linden Academy Luton · Good The Meads Primary School Luton · Good The Stockwood Park Academy Luton · Not judged Warden Hill Infant Academy Luton · Requires improvement Warden Hill Junior School Luton · Not judged Waulud Primary School Luton · Good Wenlock CofE Academy Luton Whipperley Infant Academy Luton · Not judged Whitefield Primary Academy Luton · Good Wigmore Primary Luton · Good William Austin Infant School Luton · Good William Austin Junior School Luton · Good Woodlands Secondary School Luton · Outstanding

Key dates

Entry year	Event	Date
Sept 2028	Application deadline	31 October 2027
Sept 2028	Primary application deadline	15 January 2028
Sept 2028	Offer day	1 March 2028
Sept 2028	Primary offer day	17 April 2028
Sept 2027	Application deadline	31 October 2026
Sept 2027	Primary application deadline	15 January 2027
Sept 2027	Offer day	1 March 2027
Sept 2027	Primary offer day	16 April 2027
Sept 2026	Application deadline	31 October 2025 (passed)
Sept 2026	Primary application deadline	15 January 2026 (passed)
Sept 2026	Offer day	2 March 2026 (passed)
Sept 2026	Primary offer day	16 April 2026 (passed)

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