Dallow Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 4–11 · Luton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.327 miles
Published by Luton Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Dallow Primary School is a primary school in Luton for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 11 May 2023. Luton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Dallow 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 | 0.327 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026 the last place went to a child living 0.327 miles away, the 2nd shortest of 12 Luton primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- Reception 2026 drew 99 first-choice applications for 89 offers; 86 offers went to first-choice families, and 13 first-choice families (13%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 63% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 1% 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
- Dallow Road, Luton, LU1 1LZ
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Luton
- Pupils on roll
- 605 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 24.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 11 May 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils like attending this friendly and happy school.”
- “They are confident, polite and welcoming to visitors.”
- “Pupils can explain what they have learned and how this helps them to develop their interests and talents.”
To improve
- “In these developing subjects, pupils’ knowledge is less secure, and they miss learning some important knowledge.”
- “Occasionally, a few pupils are less engaged with their learning.”
- “In some subjects, however, key knowledge is not outlined as clearly.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 June 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) | 63% | 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: 99 first-preference applications, 89 offers in total, 86 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.
- Beech Hill Community Primary School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Whipperley Infant Academy 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Farley Junior Academy 0.6 mi Outstanding
- Hillborough Infant and Nursery School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hillborough Junior School 0.6 mi Outstanding
- Foxdell Primary School 0.8 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Margaret of Scotland Catholic Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Maidenhall Primary School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published