Whipperley Infant Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–7 · 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 🔒
Whipperley Infant Academy is a primary school in Luton for ages 4–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 17 June 2025. Luton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Whipperley Infant Academy 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 Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 26 of the 38 other Luton primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 78 first-choice applications for 88 offers: every first-choice family was offered a place, and 10 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- The published admission number for Reception 2027 is 90 places, with 241 pupils on roll in January 2026.
- Some 29% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 25.5% 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
- Whipperley Ring, Farley Hill, Luton, LU1 5QY
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Council
- Luton
- Pupils on roll
- 241 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 29% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 17 June 2025
Strengths
- “Whipperley Infant School provides a nurturing environment where pupils flourish.”
- “The school’s only rule, ‘being kind’, sits at the heart of everything they do.”
- “From the start of children’s time in the early years, the school helps them to develop confidence and independence.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 14 July 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 78 first-preference applications, 88 offers in total, 78 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.
- St Margaret of Scotland Catholic Primary School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Farley Junior Academy 0.4 mi Outstanding
- Foxdell Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Dallow Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hillborough Infant and Nursery School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hillborough Junior School 0.7 mi Outstanding
- Beech Hill Community Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Maidenhall Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published