Beech Hill Community Primary School
Dunstable Road, Luton, LU4 8BW
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Chris Davidson
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Luton South and South Bedfordshire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 940
- Pupils on roll
- 888
- URN
- 131089
- Local authority
- Luton
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01582429434
About this school
Beech Hill Community Primary School is a community primary school in Luton. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 888 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 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
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected 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 | 115 | 114 | 110 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 57% | 62% | 58% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 3% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 68% | 68% | 72% |
| Expected standard in maths | 74% | 76% | 76% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 70% | 78% | 75% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 104.0 | 104.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.70 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +3.20 | - | - |
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 Beech Hill Community 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 | 57% | 58% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 62% | 59.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 58% | 62.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 918 |
| 2023/24 | 915 |
| 2024/25 | 904 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Beech Hill Community Primary School compares
Beech Hill Community Primary School ranked 29th of 37 primary schools in Luton for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 36% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 47% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 58% | 5.6% | 32.1% | 888 | — |
| Dallow Primary School | 63% | 5.8% | 26.5% | 605 | 0.4 miles |
| Maidenhall Primary School | 67% | 6.9% | 24% | 628 | 0.5 miles |
| Denbigh Primary School | 82% | 5.8% | 26.2% | 610 | 0.5 miles |
| Foxdell Primary School | 66% | 4.6% | 25.7% | 517 | 0.6 miles |
| River Bank Primary School | 78% | 6.5% | 26% | 793 | 0.6 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 report3 February 2026
- 13 October 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 32.09%
- English as an additional language
- 84.5%
- Overall absence
- 5.55%
- Persistent absence
- 17.21%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Dallow Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Luton
-
Maidenhall Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Luton
-
Denbigh Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Luton
-
Foxdell Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Luton
-
River Bank Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Luton
Other schools in Luton
Beech Hill Community Primary School ranks 33rd of the 41 ranked primary schools in Luton.
- 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
- Downside Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Beech Hill Community Primary School teach?
- Beech Hill Community Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Luton.
- Who is the headteacher of Beech Hill Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Beech Hill Community Primary School is Mr Chris Davidson, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Beech Hill Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Beech Hill Community 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 big is Beech Hill Community Primary School?
- Beech Hill Community Primary School has 888 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Beech Hill Community Primary School full?
- Beech Hill Community Primary School has capacity for 940 pupils and 888 on roll (94%), 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 Beech Hill Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Beech Hill Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Beech Hill Community Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Beech Hill Community Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Beech Hill Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 57% in 2022/23 and 58% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Beech Hill Community Primary School rank locally?
- Beech Hill Community Primary School ranked 29th of 37 primary schools in Luton for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 36% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 47% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Beech Hill Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Beech Hill Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Beech Hill Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Beech Hill Community 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 30 June 2026.