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Warden Hill Infant Academy

Primary Ages 4-7 277 pupils Luton
Ofsted: Requires Improvement
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Warden Hill Infant Academy is an academy converter in Luton for pupils aged 4 to 7. It has 277 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Warden Hill Infant Academy is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in May 2024 of its predecessor, Warden Hill Infant School.

Ofsted inspection: June 2025.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-7
Religion Does not apply
Address Birdsfoot Lane
Luton
Bedfordshire
LU3 2DN
Reference Number 151840

General Makeup

Number of pupils 277
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 48.01%
Girls: 51.99%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 14.8%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 69.3%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 25.2

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 50 44 94
2 45 50 95

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
Pakistani 32.5%
White, British 13.4%
Indian 11.6%
African 6.1%
Asian, Other 5.4%
White, Other 5.1%
Mixed, Other 5.1%
White & Asian 3.2%
White & Black (Caribbean) 2.2%
Caribbean 2.2%
White & Black (African) 1.4%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Warden Hill Infant School, inspected in May 2024.

Overall Ofsted Rating Requires Improvement
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
05 Jun 2025 Academy conversion letter

Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 82 13
Third Preference 47 0
From another Local Authority 10 4

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).

In 2025–26 Warden Hill Infant Academy had 18.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7).

Pupils per teacher

2026
Pupils per adult 8.8
Teachers who left state teaching –
Teachers who took any sick leave –
Sick days per teacher –

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, 9.7% of pupils at Warden Hill Infant Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Speech, language and communication needs 14 6
No specialist assessment of need 6 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 1 3
Social, emotional and mental health 3 1
Moderate learning difficulty 2 0
Other difficulty or disability 1 0

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.

Name Distance
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0.08 miles
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0.25 miles
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0.58 miles
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0.61 miles
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0.8 miles
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0.83 miles
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0.93 miles
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0.95 miles
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1.19 miles
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1.79 miles
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Name Distance
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1.03 miles
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1.04 miles
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1.32 miles
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1.72 miles
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1.82 miles
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2.06 miles
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2.06 miles
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2.07 miles
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2.14 miles
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2.2 miles
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Warden Hill Infant Academy is part of Pioneer Learning Trust, which runs 7 schools. The nearest others:

What is Warden Hill Infant Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Warden Hill Infant Academy is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in May 2024 of its predecessor, Warden Hill Infant School.

When was Warden Hill Infant Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Warden Hill Infant Academy was last inspected in June 2025.

How many pupils does Warden Hill Infant Academy have?

Warden Hill Infant Academy has 277 pupils on roll.

What age range does Warden Hill Infant Academy cover?

Warden Hill Infant Academy for pupils aged 4 to 7.

Where is Warden Hill Infant Academy?

Warden Hill Infant Academy is at Birdsfoot Lane, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU3 2DN.

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