William Austin Infant School
Primary · Community school · Mixed · Luton
Culverhouse Road, Luton, LU3 1PZ
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Standards maintained
No graded inspection
Application demand
100%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
94.0%
15.7% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
313
Capacity used
Has space87%
360 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Primary entry · official council applications and offers
100%
1st preference success rate
98 of 98 families who put it first got an offer
108
Places offered
185
Total applications
1.7
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 98 | 98 | ● 100% |
| 2nd preference | 40 | 4 | ● 10% |
| 3rd preference | 47 | 4 | ● 9% |
| Total | 185 | 106 | 57% |
1st preference success by year
Luton lets families list 3 preferences. 1 applications came from outside the council area (1 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 5–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Bal Kang
- Address
- Culverhouse Road, Luton, LU3 1PZ
- Phone
- 01582595198
- Local authority
- Luton
- Ward / constituency
- Barnfield · Luton North
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 109584
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 19% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 60% | — | — |
| SEN support | 26% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
313 pupils · 360 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 24
16 October 2024
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 236 pupils
Attendance
94.0%
Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%
Overall absence
6.0%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%
Persistent absence
15.7%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%
Severe absence
0.8%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.1%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Luton council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Reception (primary) | 15 January | 16 April (or next working day) |
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.