Bushmead Primary & Nursery School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–11 · Luton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.566 miles
Published by Luton Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Bushmead Primary & Nursery School is a primary school in Luton for ages 2–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 24 May 2023. Luton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Bushmead Primary & Nursery 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 | 0.566 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 Reception child offered a place lived 0.566 miles away, the 6th longest of 12 Luton primary schools with a published last distance.
- Reception 2026 had 98 first-choice applications for 90 offers; 87 offers went to first-choice families, and 11 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 60% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 1% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Of 6 schools: this one and the 5 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Luton that have results, its 2024/25 reading, writing and maths result was the 2nd lowest.
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
- Bushmead Road, Luton, LU2 7EU
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Luton
- Pupils on roll
- 720 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 24 May 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to be part of this welcoming, inclusive school.”
- “Throughout the school, relationships are kind.”
- “Pupils share the ambitions of their teachers to achieve well.”
To improve
- “Occasionally, some teachers do not introduce new vocabulary or ideas precisely enough.”
- “When this happens, some pupils do not learn and apply these words or concepts well.”
- “While most pupils attend school regularly and punctually, a small group of pupils are absent from school too often.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 July 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) | 60% | 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: 98 first-preference applications, 90 offers in total, 87 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.
- William Austin Infant School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- William Austin Junior School 0.7 mi School remains Good
- Warden Hill Junior School 0.8 mi Not judged
- Warden Hill Infant Academy 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Icknield Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Stopsley Community Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- River Bank Primary School 0.9 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published