# Downside Primary School

Downside Primary School is a primary school in Luton, for pupils aged 4 to 11.

It had 1,015 pupils at the school census in January 2026.

Primary school. Code E109567. [Luton](https://openindex.co.uk/luton)

- Phase: Primary
- Type: Community school
- Ages: 4 to 11
- Pupils: 1,015
- Council: Luton
- URN: 109567

## Latest Ofsted outcome

Improved significantly, November 2024
- Latest ungraded inspection: Improved significantly, 6 November 2024
Edition: Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks cannot be compared.

## Results

Source: Department for Education school performance tables (Open Government Licence).

In 2024/25, 79% of pupils at Downside Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 65% in Luton and 62% in England.
14% reached the higher standard (8% in England).

### End of primary school (KS2): 2024/25

| Measure | This school | Luton | England |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 79% | 65% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 14% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 108 | 105 | 105 |

Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.

## Schools nearby

Distances are in a straight line. Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools.

- [Challney High School for Boys](https://openindex.co.uk/school/challney-high-school-for-boys-e136651): 860 m. Secondary. Outstanding (overall), November 2023. Attainment 8 of 47.2 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Foxdell Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/foxdell-primary-school-e109572): 1.1 km. Primary. Graded inspection, January 2025: no overall grade. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Beechwood Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/beechwood-primary-school-e134701): 1.2 km. Primary. Standards maintained, February 2025. 46% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Challney High School for Girls](https://openindex.co.uk/school/challney-high-school-for-girls-e144312): 1.2 km. Secondary. Standards maintained, March 2025. Attainment 8 of 51.5 (2025/26, provisional)
- [Maidenhall Primary School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/maidenhall-primary-school-e109546): 1.2 km. Primary. Report card, March 2026: safeguarding met. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)
- [Al Hikmah Boys School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/al-hikmah-boys-school-e147690): 1.4 km. Independent. Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file

## Sources and further information

- [Schools: methods, licences and inspection sources](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools)
- [Get Information about Schools](https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/109567)
- [Ofsted reports](https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/21/109567)

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