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The Ferrars Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Academy
Macaulay Road, Luton LU4 0LL · theferrarsacademy.co.uk · 01582 573641
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Dec 2022
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 310
- 83% of 374 places
- Local authority
- Luton
- Nursery class
- Yes
- Free school meals
- 12.9%
- First language not English
- 77.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 75 families put the school first and 79 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 | 79 | 75 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 79 | 70 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 72 | 66 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 80 | 72 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 84 | 76 | 0.9 | 100% |
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 15 December 2022, Ofsted’s outcome for The Ferrars Academy was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 14 Dec 2022
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Good, graded inspection, May 2017
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
May 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Safeguarding Effective Jun 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Early years Requires improvement
What parents said
95% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (56 replies, to 4 September 2023).
- Recommend
- 95%
- Replies
- 56
- 16% · 4 Sept 2023
based on the 73% who raised concerns
based on the 43% who had a child bullied