Leagrave Primary School

Foundation school·Primary school Luton·LU4 9ND
Composite score
84.8
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#476
National rank
#34
In East of England
#1
In Luton
Top 3%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
91%
% achieving higher RWM
22%
Reading average scaled score
110.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
110.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
58%
98 first choices, 58 places
First choices per place
1.69
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
211
any preference, for 58 places
Applications from another council area
6%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.02
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Luton 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 Leagrave Primary 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
441
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
30.0%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
40.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
17.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.3%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
8.8%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.4
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,421
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Leagrave Primary School is a primary school serving Luton, classified by the DfE as a foundation school. It has 441 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. 91% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 15.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 3% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 110 in reading and 110 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 22% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Leagrave Primary School is oversubscribed: about 6 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 98 first choices for 58 places. Overall pupil absence was 4.3%. There are about 19.4 pupils per teacher. Leagrave 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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