Maidenhall Primary School
Newark Road, Luton, LU4 8LD
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr James Adkins
- Constituency
- Luton North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 840
- Pupils on roll
- 628
- URN
- 109546
- Local authority
- Luton
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01582430780
About this school
Maidenhall Primary School is a community primary school in Luton. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 628 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Maidenhall Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 112 | 86 | 89 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 47% | 55% | 67% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 3% | 0% | 1% |
| Expected standard in reading | 64% | 70% | 72% |
| Expected standard in maths | 60% | 64% | 75% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 66% | 69% | 72% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 104.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | 104.0 | 105.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.90 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.30 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Maidenhall Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Luton average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 47% | 58% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 55% | 59.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 67% | 62.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 681 |
| 2023/24 | 642 |
| 2024/25 | 670 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Maidenhall Primary School compares
Maidenhall Primary School ranked 20th of 37 primary schools in Luton for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 26% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 67% | 6.9% | 24% | 628 | — |
| Denbigh Primary School | 82% | 5.8% | 26.2% | 610 | 0.3 miles |
| Beech Hill Community Primary School | 58% | 5.6% | 32.1% | 888 | 0.5 miles |
| Foxdell Primary School | 66% | 4.6% | 25.7% | 517 | 0.6 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | — | — | — | — | 0.7 miles |
| River Bank Primary School | 78% | 6.5% | 26% | 793 | 0.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report24 March 2026
- 30 November 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 24.03%
- English as an additional language
- 91.9%
- Overall absence
- 6.94%
- Persistent absence
- 20.52%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Denbigh Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Luton
-
Beech Hill Community Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Luton
-
Foxdell Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Luton
-
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Luton
-
River Bank Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Luton
Other schools in Luton
Maidenhall Primary School ranks 22nd of the 41 ranked primary schools in Luton.
- Beech Hill Community Primary School Primary
- Beechwood Primary School Primary
- Bramingham Primary School Primary
- Bushmead Primary & Nursery School Primary
- Caddington Village School Primary
- Chalton Lower School Primary
- Chantry Primary Academy Primary
- Cockernhoe Endowed CofE Primary School Primary
- Crawley Green Infant School Primary
- Cutenhoe Hill Primary School ( Formerly Surrey Street) Primary
- Dallow Primary School Primary
- Denbigh Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Maidenhall Primary School teach?
- Maidenhall Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Luton.
- Who is the headteacher of Maidenhall Primary School?
- The headteacher of Maidenhall Primary School is Mr James Adkins, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Maidenhall Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Maidenhall Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Maidenhall Primary School?
- Maidenhall Primary School has 628 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Maidenhall Primary School full?
- Maidenhall Primary School has capacity for 840 pupils and 628 on roll (75%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Maidenhall Primary School a faith school?
- No. Maidenhall Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Maidenhall Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Maidenhall Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Maidenhall Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 47% in 2022/23 and 67% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Maidenhall Primary School compare with other schools in Luton?
- Maidenhall Primary School ranked 20th of 37 primary schools in Luton for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 57% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 26% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Maidenhall Primary School's absence rate?
- Maidenhall Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Maidenhall Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Maidenhall Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.