Hillborough Junior School

Hillborough Junior School continues to demonstrate exceptional performance across all areas of education, behavior, personal development, and leadership. Returning to routine inspections after several years due to its previous outstanding rating, the school has maintained its high standards and offers a rich curriculum that equips pupils with essential skills for future success. Pupils actively engage in their learning environment, showcasing a commitment to kindness and community involvement that is pivotal to the school's ethos.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve exceptionally well academically.
• High expectations from adults lead to outstanding pupil engagement.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).
• Rich curriculum that prepares pupils well for future educational steps.
• Strong outcomes in national assessments.
• Highly positive attitudes towards learning that minimize classroom disruption.
• Exceptional provision for personal development of pupils.
• Governors work strategically to support school leadership.
• Well-considered support for staff well-being and professional development.

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 Hillborough Junior School attended 94.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.2% 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, 0.0% of pupils at Hillborough Junior 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 Hillborough Junior School had 20.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 10.9% of pupils at Hillborough Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.2% 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 Hillborough Junior School received £8,115 and spent £8,157 for each of its 358 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £515,000 (£1,439 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 Hillborough Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hillborough Junior School is Outstanding, from an inspection in January 2024.

When was Hillborough Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Hillborough Junior School was last inspected in January 2024.

How many pupils does Hillborough Junior School have?

Hillborough Junior School has 358 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hillborough Junior School cover?

Hillborough Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Hillborough Junior School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 87% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Hillborough Junior School?

Hillborough Junior School is at Hillborough Road, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU1 5EZ.