Someries Infant School and Early Childhood Education Centre

Someries Infant School and Early Childhood Education Centre continues to excel as an outstanding school, maintaining high standards in both educational outcomes and student happiness. Pupils are engaged and motivated to learn, thriving in an inspiring environment where staff hold high expectations for every child's success. The curriculum is well thought out and effectively sequenced, allowing pupils to build upon their prior knowledge and develop important skills necessary for their future learning. Leaders demonstrate a commitment to ensuring all pupils, including those with SEND, receive tailored support that enables them to achieve very well.

Strengths

• Pupils are very happy and love to learn.
• High expectations for all pupils set by staff.
• Exceptional learning environment in the early years.
• Well-structured curriculum that promotes deep learning.
• Strong focus on reading and literacy development.
• Effective safeguarding arrangements in place.
• High levels of care and support for all students.
• Pupils behave exceptionally well and work collaboratively.

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 Someries Infant School and Early Childhood Education Centre attended 96.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 3.8% 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 Someries Infant School and Early Childhood Education Centre 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 Someries Infant School and Early Childhood Education Centre had 19.0 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, 8.4% of pupils at Someries Infant School and Early Childhood Education Centre were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.2% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has a SEN unit with 19 pupils.

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 Someries Infant School and Early Childhood Education Centre received £7,620 and spent £7,647 for each of its 299 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £4,000 (-£13 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 Someries Infant School and Early Childhood Education Centre's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Someries Infant School and Early Childhood Education Centre is Outstanding, from an inspection in January 2023.

When was Someries Infant School and Early Childhood Education Centre last inspected by Ofsted?

Someries Infant School and Early Childhood Education Centre was last inspected in January 2023.

How many pupils does Someries Infant School and Early Childhood Education Centre have?

Someries Infant School and Early Childhood Education Centre has 321 pupils on roll.

What age range does Someries Infant School and Early Childhood Education Centre cover?

Someries Infant School and Early Childhood Education Centre for pupils aged 2 to 7.

Where is Someries Infant School and Early Childhood Education Centre?

Someries Infant School and Early Childhood Education Centre is at Wigmore Lane, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU2 8AH.