Maidenhall Primary School

Maidenhall Primary School is performing strongly across various areas, demonstrating effective leadership and a clear commitment to supporting the diverse needs of its pupils. The school has a solid reputation for its inclusive approach, particularly in aiding children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and those with little or no spoken English upon arrival. Notably, pupils feel safe and well cared for, which contributes to their overall happiness and readiness to learn. The recent inspection emphasizes the progress made in improving both academic achievements and the emotional wellbeing of students, particularly for disadvantaged pupils. However, while achievements are steadily improving, there remain challenges to ensure that more pupils reach higher standards, particularly in national assessments. Attendance, though being addressed with various strategies, also requires further enhancements for sustained improvement over the long term. The leadership team is aware of these areas needing attention and is making plans to elevate performance further in these key areas.

Strengths

• Strong leadership and governance with a commitment to overcoming barriers for all pupils.
• Effective safeguarding culture that ensures pupils feel safe.
• High-quality support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
• Strong progress in early years, especially in language development.
• Positive relationships between staff, pupils, and families.
• Wide range of opportunities to broaden pupils' experiences and understanding of modern Britain.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils with SEND are not always receiving work precisely matched to their needs.
• Expectations for what all pupils can achieve are not consistently high enough.
• Attendance improvement needs to be more rapid and sustained.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Maidenhall Primary School attended 93.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 20.5% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.0% of pupils at Maidenhall Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Maidenhall Primary School had 21.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 23.2% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 15.4% of pupils at Maidenhall Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.1% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Maidenhall Primary School received £8,075 and spent £7,608 for each of its 628 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,211,000 (£1,928 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Maidenhall Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Maidenhall Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in May 2026.

When was Maidenhall Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Maidenhall Primary School was last inspected in May 2026.

How many pupils does Maidenhall Primary School have?

Maidenhall Primary School has 628 pupils on roll.

What age range does Maidenhall Primary School cover?

Maidenhall Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Maidenhall Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 67% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Maidenhall Primary School?

Maidenhall Primary School is at Newark Road, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU4 8LD.