Caddington Village School

Community school·Primary school Luton, Central Bedfordshire·LU1 4JD
Composite score
52.0
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#6,536
National rank
#695
In East of England
#10
In Central Bedfordshire
Top 44%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
62%
% achieving higher RWM
10%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
28 first choices, 42 places
First choices per place
0.67
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
46
any preference, for 42 places
Applications from another council area
20%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.17
00.511.5
1 per place
0.8920220.9820230.9720240.8420250.672026

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

Every child who put Caddington Village 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
292
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
18.3%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
1.7%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
13.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.5%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
27.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,080
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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About Caddington Village School

Caddington Village School is a primary school in Luton, Central Bedfordshire, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 292 pupils aged 3 to 11 attend the school. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 62% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — broadly in line with the national average of 61%. That is down 10.0 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 44% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 10% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Caddington Village School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 28 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 7.8%. There are about 19.5 pupils per teacher. Caddington Village 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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