Chalton Lower School

Community school·First school Luton, Central Bedfordshire·LU4 9UJ

School type

First school

Ages 4–9

Key Stage 2 performance

Chalton Lower School is a first school for pupils aged 4–9. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every first school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

92%

12 first choices, 15 places

First choices per place

0.80

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 15 places

Applications from another council area

First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.20

00.511.5

1 per place

0.9220220.8620231.0020241.0020250.802026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Central Bedfordshire does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Reception place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Chalton Lower School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range: 4–9
Pupils on roll: 65
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

10.9%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

18.5%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

12.3%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

6.2%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

3.2%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

5.5%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

18.1

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£8,445

Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

Nearby primary schools

Thornhill Primary School Dunstable · 0.9 mi 55.9 Lime Tree Primary Academy · 1.2 mi 49.9 St Vincent's Catholic Primary School Dunstable · 1.4 mi 51.0 Tithe Farm Primary School Dunstable · 1.4 mi 26.6 Thomas Whitehead Church of England Academy Dunstable · 1.7 mi 25.4 Houghton Regis Primary School Dunstable · 2.0 mi 25.7 Parkfields Middle School Dunstable · 2.2 mi 36.0 The Vale Academy Dunstable · 2.3 mi 47.4

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

About Chalton Lower School

Chalton Lower School is a primary school in Luton, Central Bedfordshire, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 65 pupils aged 4 to 9 attend the school.

92% of the families who made Chalton Lower School their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. Overall pupil absence was 3.2%. There are about 18.1 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 11% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Chalton Lower School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.