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Whipperley Infant Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–7 · Academy
Whipperley Ring, Farley Hill, Luton LU1 5QY · whipperleyinfantacademy.co.uk · 01582 725868
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2025
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 241
- 89% of 270 places
- Local authority
- Luton
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 29%
- First language not English
- 40.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 78 families put the school first and 88 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 88 | 78 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 68 | 61 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 72 | 67 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 71 | 69 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 73 | 69 | 0.9 | 100% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Whipperley Infant Academy on 17 June 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 17 Jun 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Outstanding |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Improving, ungraded inspection, May 2024
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
May 2024Ungraded inspectionImproving
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Oct 2018Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Sept 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Requires improvement Sept 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (18 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 18
- 7% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 50% who raised concerns
based on the 28% who had a child bullied