Sundon Lower School

Academy converter·First school Luton, Central Bedfordshire·LU3 3PQ

School type

First school

Ages 3–9

Key Stage 2 performance

Sundon Lower School is a first school for pupils aged 3–9. 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

100%

10 first choices, 10 places

First choices per place

1.00

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 10 places

Applications from another council area

32%

First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.10

00.511.5

1 per place

1.0720221.0020231.0020240.9020251.002026

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

Every child who put Sundon Lower 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: 3–9
Pupils on roll: 71
Gender: Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

5.3%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

16.9%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

7.0%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

4.2%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

8.0%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

26.7%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

15.9

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£8,117

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Thornhill Primary School Dunstable · 2.2 mi 55.9 Lime Tree Primary Academy · 2.4 mi 49.9 St Vincent's Catholic Primary School Dunstable · 2.6 mi 51.0 Parkfields Middle School Dunstable · 2.7 mi 36.0 Tithe Farm Primary School Dunstable · 2.7 mi 26.6 Arnold Academy Bedford · 2.9 mi 47.2 Thomas Whitehead Church of England Academy Dunstable · 3.0 mi 25.4 Houghton Regis Primary School Dunstable · 3.2 mi 25.7

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

Sundon Lower School at a glance

Located in Luton, Central Bedfordshire, Sundon Lower School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 71 pupils aged 3 to 9.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Sundon Lower School their first choice was offered one of its 10 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 8.0%. There are about 15.9 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 5% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Sundon 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.