Luton Primary School
Luton Road, Chatham, ME4 5AW
This school is closed (it closed in October 2023).
It was replaced by Luton Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Karen Major
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Chatham and Aylesford
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 630
- Pupils on roll
- 658
- URN
- 118318
- Local authority
- Medway
About this school
Luton Primary School was a community primary school in Chatham. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 658 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Luton Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 88 | 90 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 26% | 48% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 47% | 63% |
| Expected standard in maths | 34% | 57% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 32% | 59% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 100.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 97.0 | 99.0 |
| Reading progress | -4.60 | - |
| Writing progress | -3.10 | - |
| Maths progress | -7.00 | - |
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 Luton 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 | Medway average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 26% | 56.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 48% | 60.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 59.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
How Luton Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 9% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 10% | 54.1% | 658 | — |
| Luton Primary School | 36% | 8.5% | 49.8% | 613 | 0.0 miles |
| Byron Primary School | 51% | 6.5% | 31.7% | 502 | 0.5 miles |
| All Saints Church of England Primary School | 68% | 5.6% | 42.2% | 343 | 0.5 miles |
| Greenvale Primary School | — | 7.8% | 50% | 192 | 0.6 miles |
| Phoenix Primary School | 38% | 9% | 57% | 396 | 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.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 54.1%
- English as an additional language
- 38.4%
- Overall absence
- 10%
- Persistent absence
- 37.3%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Luton Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Chatham
-
Byron Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Gillingham
-
All Saints Church of England Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Chatham
-
Greenvale Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Chatham
-
Phoenix Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Chatham
Other schools in Chatham
- All Saints Church of England Primary School Primary
- Balfour Junior School Primary
- Greenvale Primary School Primary
- Horsted Infant School Primary
- Horsted Junior School Primary
- Kingfisher Community Primary School Primary
- Lordswood School Primary
- Luton Primary School Primary
- Maundene School Primary
- New Horizons Children's Academy Primary
- New Road Primary School Primary
- Oaklands School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Luton Primary School teach?
- Luton Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Chatham.
- Has Luton Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Luton Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How big is Luton Primary School?
- Luton Primary School had 658 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Luton Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 26% in 2022/23 and 48% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Luton Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Luton 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 31 October 2023.