St Matthew's Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Luton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.628 miles
Published by Luton Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Matthew's Primary School is a primary school in Luton for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 20 September 2023. Luton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
St Matthew's 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 | 0.628 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.628 miles from the school, the 5th longest of 12 Luton primary schools with a published last distance.
- That Reception 2026 last distance was further from the school than in 2025.
- In Reception 2026 there were 121 first-choice applications for 119 offers; 115 offers went to first-choice families, and 6 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 57% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 1% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Wenlock Street, Luton, LU2 0NJ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Luton
- Pupils on roll
- 884 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 34.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 20 September 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils get off to an excellent start at St Matthew’s Primary School.”
- “They respond well to teachers’ high expectations of what they can achieve and settle quickly.”
- “This means behaviour in class is calm and pupils can focus on learning.”
To improve
- “In some subjects, pupils do not revisit what they have learned across the year.”
- “This means that they are less confident in remembering key knowledge once they have moved on to a new topic.”
- “Pupils have less understanding of the benefit their activity has on the wider community or what more they could do to contribute to society beyond school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 October 2023 (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) | 57% | 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: 121 first-preference applications, 119 offers in total, 115 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.
- Wenlock CofE Academy 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade
- Crawley Green Infant School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- River Bank Primary School 0.8 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Dallow Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ramridge Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Beech Hill Community Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Linden Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published