St Margaret of Scotland Catholic Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–11 · 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 🔒
St Margaret of Scotland Catholic Primary School is a primary school in Luton for ages 2–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 2 February 2022. Luton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
St Margaret of Scotland Catholic 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 | 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 applicant was offered a place for Reception in 2026, as at 26 of the 38 other Luton primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- In 2026 Reception entry, there were 35 first-choice applications for 35 offers, the 9th highest of 37 Luton primary schools for first choices per offer; every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 75% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 13% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- The school has 26.8 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 20.5 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
- Rotheram Avenue, Luton, LU1 5PP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Luton
- Pupils on roll
- 421 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 26.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 2 February 2022
Strengths
- “Inclusive practice sits at the heart of this school.”
- “They develop warm, trusting relationships with staff and have a deep sense of belonging.”
- “The school’s Catholic ethos underpins pupils’ positive social behaviours.”
To improve
- “Their detailed learning is not reflected in published outcomes.”
- “However, some tasks are overly complex.”
- “Children have not secured the essential knowledge and skills they need to complete them, for example, cutting, sticking and sorting pictures in one activity.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 September 2026 (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) | 75% | 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: 35 first-preference applications, 35 offers in total, 35 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.
- Whipperley Infant Academy 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Farley Junior Academy 0.3 mi Outstanding
- Hillborough Infant and Nursery School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hillborough Junior School 0.6 mi Outstanding
- Dallow Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Foxdell Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Tennyson Road Primary School 1.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Beech Hill Community Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published