Whipperley Infant Academy

Academy converter·Infant school Luton·LU1 5QY

School type

Infant school

Ages 4–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Whipperley Infant Academy is an infant school for pupils aged 4–7. 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 infant 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%

78 first choices, 88 places

First choices per place

0.89

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

113

any preference, for 88 places

First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.01

00.511.5

1 per place

0.9420220.9720230.9320240.9020250.892026

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

Every child who put Whipperley Infant Academy 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).

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education

Outstanding

Behaviour and attitudes

Outstanding

Personal development

Outstanding

Leadership and management

Outstanding

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Outstanding

School profile

Age range: 4–7
Pupils on roll: 250
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

26.8%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

45.2%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

18.8%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

4.0%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

4.8%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

12.3%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

16.4

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£8,216

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Farley Junior Academy Luton · 0.3 mi 53.3 St Margaret of Scotland Catholic Primary School Luton · 0.3 mi 63.9 Dallow Primary School Luton · 0.5 mi 42.1 Foxdell Primary School Luton · 0.6 mi 42.9 Hillborough Junior School Luton · 0.6 mi 83.4 Beech Hill Community Primary School Luton · 0.7 mi 37.7 Maidenhall Primary School Luton · 1.0 mi 44.7 Tennyson Road Primary School Luton · 1.1 mi 57.8

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

School overview

Whipperley Infant Academy is a primary school serving Luton, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 250 pupils aged 4 to 7 on roll.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Whipperley Infant Academy their first choice was offered one of its 88 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.8%. There are about 16.4 pupils per teacher. Whipperley Infant Academy 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.