Hillborough Infant and Nursery School

Hillborough Infant and Nursery School continues to be a good school where students feel safe and part of a caring community. The school provides an ambitious curriculum that supports pupils’ learning from early years through to Year 2, with strong subject knowledge present among teachers. Although the school has notable strengths in fostering enthusiasm for learning and developing a supportive environment, there are some areas where improvement is needed, particularly regarding task difficulty and staff confidence in the new behaviour policy.

Strengths

• Pupils feel safe and part of a caring community.
• The school has a well-organized and ambitious curriculum.
• Teachers have strong subject knowledge and plan effectively.
• There is effective support for pupils with special educational needs.
• Children make a strong start in early years with high expectations.
• Pupils enjoy a rich selection of reading materials and have a love for reading.
• The school promotes tolerance and celebrates diversity.
• Staff are positive about the support from leaders and governors.

Areas for Improvement

• Some tasks are set that are too hard for pupils, impacting their progress.
• Not all staff are fully confident in applying the new behaviour policy consistently.

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 Infant and Nursery School attended 94.5% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.1% 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, 0.3% of pupils at Hillborough Infant and Nursery 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 Infant and Nursery School had 19.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 15.0% 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, 15.5% of pupils at Hillborough Infant and Nursery School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.4% 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 Infant and Nursery School received £7,611 and spent £8,451 for each of its 280 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £149,000 (£534 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 Infant and Nursery School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hillborough Infant and Nursery School is Good, from an inspection in July 2023.

When was Hillborough Infant and Nursery School last inspected by Ofsted?

Hillborough Infant and Nursery School was last inspected in July 2023.

How many pupils does Hillborough Infant and Nursery School have?

Hillborough Infant and Nursery School has 296 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hillborough Infant and Nursery School cover?

Hillborough Infant and Nursery School for pupils aged 3 to 7.

Where is Hillborough Infant and Nursery School?

Hillborough Infant and Nursery School is at Hillborough Road, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU1 5EZ.