The Meads 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 🔒
The Meads Primary School is a primary school in Luton for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 6 June 2024. Luton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
The Meads 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 for a Reception place in 2026 was offered one, as at 26 of the 38 other Luton primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- In 2024/25, 75% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 8% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 had 59 first-choice applications for 68 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 9 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 29.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 21.1% 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
- Sawtry Close, Luton, LU3 2UE
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Luton
- Pupils on roll
- 513 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 29.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 6 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy being part of this close-knit community school.”
- “The whole school lives by its core values of respect, responsibility, resilience, kindness and joy.”
- “Being part of the school helps pupils to learn about living in modern-day Britain.”
To improve
- “However, some teachers’ expectations of pupils’ writing are not as high as they should be.”
- “Pupils do not always get the opportunities to develop their writing skills fully.”
- “Similarly, some disadvantaged pupils do not always achieve as highly as their peers in writing and mathematics.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 July 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) | 75% | 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: 59 first-preference applications, 68 offers in total, 59 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.
- Waulud Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Icknield Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Norton Road Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 0.7 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Warden Hill Junior School 0.8 mi Not judged
- Warden Hill Infant Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Bramingham Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Beechwood Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published