Whitefield Primary Academy

Academy converter·Primary school Luton·LU3 3SS
Composite score
48.7
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#7,785
National rank
#835
In East of England
#23
In Luton
Top 53%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
66%
% achieving higher RWM
5%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
30 first choices, 32 places
First choices per place
0.94
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
78
any preference, for 32 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.04
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9820220.9020230.9620240.9720250.942026

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

Every child who put Whitefield Primary 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).

School profile

Age range
3–11
Pupils on roll
437
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
43.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
54.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
23.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.6%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
9.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,085
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Whitefield Primary Academy at a glance

Located in Luton, Whitefield Primary Academy is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 437 pupils aged 3 to 11. 66% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 9.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 5% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Whitefield Primary Academy their first choice was offered one of its 32 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.3%. There are about 22.7 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 43% 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. Whitefield Primary 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.

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