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Schools in Luton

77 schools in the Luton local authority.

Schools

77

Open schools

Pupils

40,884

2025–26 census

Good or better

94%

64 of 68 graded

Academic Performance

5.4

out of 10 · 73 schools

Ofsted ratings

Outstanding
11 16%
Good
53 78%
Requires improvement
1 1%
Inadequate
3 4%
5 inspected since 2024, no overall grade5 superseded by a report card4 not judged2 in a category of concern2 safeguarding not effective
5.4
Academic Performance

Averaged over 73 of 77 schools that can be scored

Pupils

40,884

pupils on roll

Boys 52%48% Girls

Roll from 76 of 77 schools (40,884 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Ethnicity

White
26%
Asian
50%
Black
11%
Mixed
9%
Chinese
<1%
Any other group
3%
Unclassified
<1%

Ethnicity from 69 of 77 schools (39,984 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.

Pupil characteristics

Free school meals
27.9%

11,173 of 39,984 pupils · 69 of 77 schools

First language not English
50.5%

20,181 of 39,984 pupils · 69 of 77 schools

Young carers
<1%

227 of 39,200 pupils · 63 of 77 schools

Schools by phase

Primary
46
Secondary
13
All-through
1
Special
4
Nursery
6
PRU
1
Not recorded
6

Top primary schools in Luton

The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Top secondary schools in Luton

The highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.

Browse all 77 schools in Luton — filter by phase or Ofsted rating.

About schools in Luton

How many schools are there in Luton?
Luton has 77 open schools — 46 primary, 13 secondary, 4 special, 6 nursery, teaching 40,884 pupils in total.
How many schools in Luton are rated Good or Outstanding?
64 of the 68 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 94% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 11 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 77: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
What is the average Academic Performance in Luton?
5.4 out of 10, averaged across the 73 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
Why do some Luton schools have no Ofsted rating?
9 schools in Luton currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
What does Luton local authority do?
A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Luton covers 77 schools and sits in the East of England region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
How many pupils in Luton are eligible for free school meals?
27.9% — 11,173 of 39,984 pupils at the 69 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.

Part of the East of England region.