Pirton Hill Primary School

Community school·Primary school Luton·LU4 9EX
Composite score
37.4
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#11,729
National rank
#1274
In East of England
#37
In Luton
Top 79%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
54%
% achieving higher RWM
2%
Reading average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 20/01/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Needs attention
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Inclusion
Expected standard
Safeguarding standards
Met
Early years
Expected standard

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
38 first choices, 42 places
First choices per place
0.91
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
69
any preference, for 42 places
Applications from another council area
4%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.13
00.511.5
1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Pirton Hill 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
405
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
38.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
59.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
17.0%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.9%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
20.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,521
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Pirton Hill Primary School

Pirton Hill Primary School is a primary school in Luton, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 405 pupils aged 4 to 11 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted (January 2026). In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 54% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 8.0 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 lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 102 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 2% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Pirton Hill Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 38 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.9%. There are about 18.2 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 39% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. 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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