Maidenhall Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Luton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Luton Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Maidenhall Primary School is a primary school in Luton for ages 4–11 (community school). Luton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Maidenhall Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 67% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 62%), and 1% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- That 2024/25 figure of 67% was the 4th highest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Luton that have results.
- For Reception 2026, every applicant was offered a place, as at 26 of the 38 other Luton primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- There were 66 first-choice applications for 67 Reception offers in 2026, and the published admission number for Reception 2027 is 90 places.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Luton schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Newark Road, Luton, LU4 8LD
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Luton
- Pupils on roll
- 628 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 22.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 24 March 2026
Strengths
- “This is a very caring and nurturing school.”
- “It is a large school, yet staff make the time to get to know pupils and their families at an individual level.”
- “Pupils benefit greatly from their range of needs and circumstances being spotted early.”
To improve
- “However, there are still too few pupils who reach the higher standard in national assessments.”
- “However, there are instances where some pupils with SEND are completing work that is not as precisely matched to their needs as it could be.”
- “There are also some occasions when the expectations for what they can achieve could be more ambitious.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 May 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) | 67% | 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: 66 first-preference applications, 67 offers in total, 66 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Luton.
- Denbigh Primary School 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Beech Hill Community Primary School 0.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Foxdell Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- River Bank Primary School 0.7 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Downside Primary School 0.7 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Norton Road Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Dallow Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published