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Warden Hill Infant Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–7 · Academy
Birdsfoot Lane, Luton LU3 2DN · wardenhillinfant.co.uk · 01582 595150
Overview
- Ofsted
- Requires improvement
- 2019 framework · inspected May 2024
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 277
- 77% of 360 places
- Local authority
- Luton
- Free school meals
- 14.8%
- First language not English
- 69.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 82 families put the school first and 96 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 | 96 | 82 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 91 | 79 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 96 | 82 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 118 | 109 | 0.9 | 95% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 120 | 116 | 1 | 99% |
Ofsted
Warden Hill Infant Academy was judged Requires improvement at its last graded inspection, on 14 May 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Requires improvement
- Inspected
- 14 May 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109570)
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
| Early years | Requires improvement |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Jan 2023
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 109570), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2023Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109570)
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 Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109570)
Feb 2007Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 109570)