Norton Road Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 5–11 · 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 🔒
Norton Road Primary School is a primary school in Luton for ages 5–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 26 March 2024. Luton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Norton Road 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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 26 of the 38 other Luton primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- There were 35 first-choice applications for 38 offers for Reception 2026, and every first-choice family was offered a place; 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 43% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 9% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The school has 19.7 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 23 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Luton.
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
- Norton Road, Luton, LU3 2NX
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 5–11
- Council
- Luton
- Pupils on roll
- 347 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 30.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 26 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils’ welfare and education are top priorities at this school.”
- “Pupils benefit from the school’s nurturing approach.”
- “They trust adults to listen to them and value their opinions.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects, teachers have not yet had enough time to fully understand all the content in the new curriculums.”
- “They have not had the training and guidance so that they teach these consistently well.”
- “Consequently, pupils’ achievement varies.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 May 2024 (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) | 43% | 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: 35 first-preference applications, 38 offers in total, 35 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.
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 0.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Beechwood Primary School 0.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Meads Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Icknield Primary School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Denbigh Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- William Austin Junior School 0.7 mi School remains Good
- Maidenhall Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- William Austin Infant School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published