Waulud Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Luton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
1.922 miles
Published by Luton Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Waulud Primary School is a primary school in Luton for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 3 March 2023. Luton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Waulud 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 | 1.922 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2026, the last child offered a Reception place lived 1.922 miles away, the 2nd longest of 12 Luton primary schools with a published last distance (this one included).
- For Reception in 2026, there were 56 first-choice applications for 60 offers, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 77% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%); 13% 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
- Wauluds Bank Drive, Luton, LU3 3LZ
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Luton
- Pupils on roll
- 446 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 43.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 3 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils at Waulud Primary School are respectful, confident and resilient.”
- “Pupils are happy and safe in a warm, supportive environment.”
- “They are proud and are enthusiastic to share their school experience with visitors.”
To improve
- “However, there are subjects that lack this clarity.”
- “This makes it more difficult for teachers in Key Stage 1 to link new learning to prior knowledge and help pupils remember more over time.”
- “Despite this, some pupils miss too much school.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 3 May 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) | 77% | 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: 56 first-preference applications, 60 offers in total, 56 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.
- The Meads Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Parklea Primary School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Whitefield Primary Academy 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Beechwood Primary School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Pirton Hill Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Norton Road Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Bramingham Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published