Parklea 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 🔒
Parklea Primary School is a primary school in Luton for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 6 February 2024. Luton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Parklea 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.
- In 2026 Reception had 50 first-choice applications for 56 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 6 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 69% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 5th highest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Cranbrook Drive, Sundon Park, Luton, LU3 3EW
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Luton
- Pupils on roll
- 547 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 6 February 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud of their school and most attend happily.”
- “They love to learn and work hard.”
- “Pupils’ knowledge is improving thanks to improvements the school has made to the curriculum.”
To improve
- “However, pupils in the past have not benefitted from these improvements.”
- “They have not achieved as well as they should in national tests.”
- “Merging Parklea from two schools, across two sites, was more challenging due to the COVID-19 pandemic.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 March 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) | 69% | 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: 50 first-preference applications, 56 offers in total, 50 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.
- Whitefield Primary Academy 0.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Waulud Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Pirton Hill Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Meads Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bramingham Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Leagrave Primary School 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Beechwood Primary School 1.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Norton Road Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published