Warden Hill Junior School
Birdsfoot Lane, Luton, LU3 2DN
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rebecca Lightfoot
- Constituency
- Luton North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 450
- Pupils on roll
- 418
- URN
- 109562
- Local authority
- Luton
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01582591386
About this school
Warden Hill Junior School is a community primary school in Luton. It teaches children aged 7 to 11 and has 418 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school 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 did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 113 | 110 | 92 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 63% | 57% | 53% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 5% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 80% | 75% | 84% |
| Expected standard in maths | 81% | 71% | 72% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 79% | 74% | 73% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 105.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 103.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | +3.40 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +3.00 | - | - |
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 Warden Hill Junior 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 | 63% | 58% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 57% | 59.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 53% | 62.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 457 |
| 2023/24 | 438 |
| 2024/25 | 425 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Warden Hill Junior School compares
Warden Hill Junior School ranked 34th of 37 primary schools in Luton for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 26% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 53% | 5.3% | 22.8% | 418 | — |
| Warden Hill Infant Academy | — | — | — | 277 | 0.1 miles |
| Icknield Primary School | 68% | 6.9% | 18.5% | 612 | 0.5 miles |
| Bramingham Primary School | 73% | 5.1% | 14.1% | 401 | 0.6 miles |
| Bushmead Primary & Nursery School | 60% | 5.4% | 13.2% | 720 | 0.8 miles |
| The Meads Primary School | 75% | 5.1% | 28.5% | 513 | 0.8 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
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 22.82%
- English as an additional language
- 66.1%
- Overall absence
- 5.32%
- Persistent absence
- 11.9%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Warden Hill Infant Academy0.1 miles
Primary · Luton
-
Icknield Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Luton
-
Bramingham Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Luton
-
Bushmead Primary & Nursery School0.8 miles
Primary · Luton
-
The Meads Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Luton
Other schools in Luton
Warden Hill Junior School ranks 38th 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 year groups does Warden Hill Junior School teach?
- Warden Hill Junior School teaches children aged 7 to 11. It is a primary school in Luton.
- Who is the headteacher of Warden Hill Junior School?
- The headteacher of Warden Hill Junior School is Mrs Rebecca Lightfoot, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Warden Hill Junior School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Warden Hill Junior 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 big is Warden Hill Junior School?
- Warden Hill Junior School has 418 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 7 to 11.
- Is Warden Hill Junior School full?
- Warden Hill Junior School has capacity for 450 pupils and 418 on roll (93%), 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 Warden Hill Junior School a faith school?
- No. Warden Hill Junior School has no designated religious character.
- Does Warden Hill Junior School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Warden Hill Junior School as having no nursery classes.
- How have Warden Hill Junior School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 63% in 2022/23 and 53% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Warden Hill Junior School rank locally?
- Warden Hill Junior School ranked 34th of 37 primary schools in Luton for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 26% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 52% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Warden Hill Junior School's absence rate?
- Warden Hill Junior School's overall absence rate is 5.3% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Warden Hill Junior School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Warden Hill Junior 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 7 July 2026.