Beechwood Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · Luton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
26.558 miles
Published by Luton Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Beechwood Primary School is a primary school in Luton for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 12 February 2025. Luton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Beechwood 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 | 26.558 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception 2026 place lived 26.558 miles away, the longest of the 12 Luton primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 116 first-choice applications for 120 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 46% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 3% 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
- Linden Road, Luton, LU4 9RD
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Luton
- Pupils on roll
- 873 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 23.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 12 February 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils at Beechwood Primary School love to learn.”
- “They enjoy the many interesting learning opportunities they have.”
- “Pupils show a great deal of commitment to their education.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, this focus is not as strong.”
- “Sometimes, teachers are not clear about which key vocabulary to focus on.”
- “As a result, pupils are not able to use the correct vocabulary to explain their thinking.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 March 2025 (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) | 46% | 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: 116 first-preference applications, 120 offers in total, 116 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.
- Norton Road Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Leagrave Primary School 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Downside Primary School 0.7 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- The Meads Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Waulud Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Ferrars Junior School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade
- Maidenhall Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published