Warden Hill Infant Academy
Warden Hill Infant Academy is a converter academy in Luton for boys and girls aged 4 to 7. It has 277 pupils and room for 360. About 15 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England. Ofsted's last grade was requires improvement, back in 2024.
Birdsfoot Lane, Luton, LU3 2DN01582 595150wardenhillinfant.co.ukMrs Lisa Maxted headteacherAll details
What Ofsted found
Ofsted's last full inspection was on 14 May 2024, back when it gave schools one overall grade. Read the report on Ofsted's website.
Requires improvement overall.
Earlier inspections (1)
| Date | Type | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 25 January 2023 | Ungraded | School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next |
Results
No published results yet for this school.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Luton council's admissions booklet, send it to us.
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (20), SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need (6), Autistic spectrum disorder (4), emotional and mental health (4), Moderate learning difficulty (2), Other difficulty or disability (1).
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 94.5% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25† | 2023/24† | 2022/23† | 2021/22† | 2020/21† | 2018/19† | England |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 5.5% | 6.1% | 8.0% | 7.2% | 4.1% | 4.5% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 4.6% | 4.7% | 5.8% | 6.1% | 3.1% | 3.7% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 1.0% | 1.4% | 2.2% | 1.1% | 0.9% | 0.8% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 15.5% | 15.5% | 31.3% | 25.5% | 11.0% | 8.5% | 12.8% |
† These attendance figures are for Warden Hill Infant School, the school this one replaced in June 2025. Same building and the same children. It got a new registration number, usually because it joined an academy trust.
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warden Hill Junior School | Council | 120 m | 418 | No overall grade 2025 | 45 | Compare |
| Bramingham Primary School | Council | 940 m | 401 | Good 2023 | 49 | Compare |
| Icknield Primary School | Council | 990 m | 612 | Good 2023 | 47 | Compare |
| Bushmead Primary & Nursery School | Council | 0.8 miles | 720 | Good 2023 | 43 | Compare |
| The Meads Primary School | Council | 0.8 miles | 513 | Good 2024 | 73 | Compare |
| William Austin Infant School | Council | 0.9 miles | 313 | Not inspected | – | Compare |
| William Austin Junior School | Council | 1.0 miles | 498 | Good 2022 | 43 | Compare |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | Academy | 1.2 miles | – | Good 2023 | – | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Warden Hill Infant Academy a good school?
Warden Hill Infant Academy doesn't have a score yet. Ofsted rated it requires improvement at its last inspection in May 2024.
What is Warden Hill Infant Academy's Ofsted rating?
Ofsted rated Warden Hill Infant Academy requires improvement at its last full inspection on 14 May 2024.
How many pupils does Warden Hill Infant Academy have?
277 pupils aged 4 to 7 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 360 places, so it is 77% full.
What is attendance like at Warden Hill Infant Academy?
Pupils were in school 94.5% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 15% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at Warden Hill Infant Academy?
The average class had 25.2 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Birdsfoot Lane, Luton, LU3 2DN
- Telephone
- 01582 595150
- Website
- www.wardenhillinfant.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Lisa Maxted
- Type of school
- Converter academy (Academy converter, academies)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 4-7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Multi-academy trust
- Pioneer Learning Trust (7 schools)
- Local authority
- Luton
- Ward
- Bramingham
- Constituency
- Luton North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 June 2025 (academy converter)
- URN
- 151840 · LAESTAB 8212262 · UKPRN 10098032
- Formerly
- Warden Hill Infant School
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.