Tennyson Road Primary School
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 4–11 · Luton
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.356 miles
Published by Luton Borough Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Tennyson Road Primary School is a primary school in Luton for ages 4–11 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 4 June 2024. Luton has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 to 2026 entry.
Tennyson Road 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 | 0.356 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 place in 2026 lived 0.356 miles away, the 3rd shortest of 12 Luton primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- That Reception last distance in 2026 was further from the school than in 2025.
- Reception 2026 had 113 first-choice applications for 90 offers; 89 offers went to first-choice families, and 24 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 80% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), while 5% 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
- Tennyson Road, Luton, LU1 3RS
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Luton
- Pupils on roll
- 724 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 31.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 4 June 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils thrive at this inspirational school.”
- “They progress exceptionally well from their starting points.”
- “This includes pupils who arrive at different points in the school year or pupils who speak English as an additional language.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 2 July 2024 (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) | 80% | 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: 113 first-preference applications, 90 offers in total, 89 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.
- Hillborough Infant and Nursery School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Hillborough Junior School 0.4 mi Outstanding
- Cutenhoe Hill Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Linden Academy 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Farley Junior Academy 0.7 mi Outstanding
- Dallow Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Margaret of Scotland Catholic Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Whipperley Infant Academy 1.1 mi Not judged Last distance published