The Meads Primary School

Community school·Primary school Luton·LU3 2UE
Composite score
58.1
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#4,508
National rank
#455
In East of England
#11
In Luton
Top 31%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
75%
% achieving higher RWM
8%
Reading average scaled score
110.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
108.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
59 first choices, 68 places
First choices per place
0.87
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
125
any preference, for 68 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.04
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put The Meads Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
506
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
28.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
40.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
15.2%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
2.8%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
12.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
24.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,762
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

School overview

The Meads Primary School is a primary school serving Luton, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 506 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 75% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 3.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 31% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 110 in reading and 108 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 8% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). The Meads Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 59 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.9%. There are about 24.6 pupils per teacher. The Meads Primary 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.

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