St Luke's Park Primary School
Liberty Way, Runwell, Wickford, SS11 7LH
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Free schools
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- QUANTUM MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
- Headteacher
- Ms Jen Kendall-Hobbs
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Maldon
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 176
- URN
- 149066
- Local authority
- Essex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01268436050
About this school
St Luke's Park Primary School is a primary academy in Wickford. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 176 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected St Luke's Park 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 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
- Early years
- Requires improvement
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Trends over time
How St Luke's Park 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 45 |
| 2023/24 | 86 |
| 2024/25 | 139 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How St Luke's Park Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 29% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6.7% | 19.4% | 176 | — |
| Rettendon Primary School | — | — | — | 98 | 0.7 miles |
| Runwell Community Primary School | 53% | 5.3% | 20.9% | 362 | 1.1 miles |
| Hilltop Junior School | 67% | 4.9% | 15.3% | 352 | 1.3 miles |
| Hilltop Infant School | — | 5% | 8.6% | 237 | 1.3 miles |
| The Wickford Church of England School | — | 3.9% | 10.5% | 135 | 1.4 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 19.42%
- English as an additional language
- 2.9%
- Overall absence
- 6.69%
- Persistent absence
- 10.26%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Rettendon Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Chelmsford
-
Runwell Community Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Wickford
-
Hilltop Junior School1.3 miles
Primary · Wickford
-
Hilltop Infant School1.3 miles
Primary · Wickford
-
The Wickford Church of England School1.4 miles
Primary · Wickford
Other schools in Wickford
- Abacus Primary School Primary
- Grange Primary School Primary
- Hilltop Infant School Primary
- Hilltop Junior School Primary
- North Crescent Primary School Primary
- Oakfield Primary School Primary
- Runwell Community Primary School Primary
- The Wickford Church of England School Primary
- Wickford Primary School Primary
- Beauchamps High School Secondary
- The Bromfords School Secondary
- Castledon School Academies
Common questions
- What ages does St Luke's Park Primary School teach?
- St Luke's Park Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Wickford.
- Who is the headteacher of St Luke's Park Primary School?
- The headteacher of St Luke's Park Primary School is Ms Jen Kendall-Hobbs, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has St Luke's Park Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected St Luke's Park 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 St Luke's Park Primary School?
- St Luke's Park Primary School has 176 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is St Luke's Park Primary School full?
- St Luke's Park Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 176 on roll (84%), 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 St Luke's Park Primary School a faith school?
- No. St Luke's Park Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Is St Luke's Park Primary School a selective school?
- No. St Luke's Park Primary School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Does St Luke's Park Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records St Luke's Park Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Is St Luke's Park Primary School part of an academy trust?
- St Luke's Park Primary School is part of QUANTUM MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What is St Luke's Park Primary School's absence rate?
- St Luke's Park Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- Does St Luke's Park Primary School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for St Luke's Park Primary School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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 10 July 2026.