William Austin Infant School
William Austin Infant School is a council school in Luton for boys and girls aged 5 to 7. It has 313 pupils and room for 360. About 19 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, a bit fewer than at most schools.
Culverhouse Road, Luton, LU3 1PZ01582 595198williamaustininfants.co.ukMrs Bal Kang headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
No published results yet for this school.
Getting a place
Admissions policy not published.
135 places were empty (30% of the total), so almost everyone who applies gets in. Pupil numbers have fallen by 17% since 2021/22, so places are getting easier to find.
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 (29), emotional and mental health (7), Autistic spectrum disorder (3), Moderate learning difficulty (2), Other difficulty or disability (2), Hearing impairment (1).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 313 | 329 | 341 | 368 | 385 | 411 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 19% | 21% | 18% | 20% | 23% | 21% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 56% | 60% | 60% | 57% | 71% | 85% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 16% | 26% | 41% | 35% | 39% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 2% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% |
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 94.0% 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 | 6.0% | 6.0% | 7.6% | 7.8% | 4.6% | 5.6% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 4.9% | 4.5% | 5.9% | 6.3% | 3.5% | 4.4% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 1.1% | 1.5% | 1.7% | 1.5% | 1.1% | 1.2% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 15.7% | 17.9% | 26.2% | 29.3% | 9.1% | 15.6% | 12.8% |
| SuspensionsSuspension rate | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | – | – |
| Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the council school accounts, year to March 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Austin Junior School | Council | 60 m | 498 | Good 2022 | 43 | Compare |
| Icknield Primary School | Council | 720 m | 612 | Good 2023 | 47 | Compare |
| River Bank Primary School | Free school | 940 m | 793 | Good 2019 | 63 | Compare |
| Denbigh Primary School | Council | 960 m | 610 | Not inspected | 76 | Compare |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School | Academy | 0.6 miles | – | Good 2023 | – | Compare |
| Bushmead Primary & Nursery School | Council | 0.7 miles | 720 | Good 2023 | 43 | Compare |
| Norton Road Primary School | Council | 0.8 miles | 347 | Good 2024 | 13 | Compare |
| Warden Hill Junior School | Council | 0.9 miles | 418 | No overall grade 2025 | 45 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is William Austin Infant School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score William Austin Infant School yet.
How many pupils does William Austin Infant School have?
313 pupils aged 5 to 7 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 360 places, so it is 87% full.
Is William Austin Infant School oversubscribed?
Probably not. 135 places were empty in 2024/25 (30% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.
What is attendance like at William Austin Infant School?
Pupils were in school 94.0% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 16% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at William Austin Infant School?
The average class had 26.1 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.
Does William Austin Infant School have a breakfast club?
Yes. It is on the government's free breakfast club programme, so every pupil can have a free half-hour breakfast club before school.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Culverhouse Road, Luton, LU3 1PZ
- Telephone
- 01582 595198
- Website
- www.williamaustininfants.co.uk
- Headteacher
- Mrs Bal Kang
- Free breakfast club
- Yes: on the government's programme, so every pupil can have a free half-hour breakfast club before school (listed since September 2026).
- Type of school
- Council school (Community school, local authority maintained schools)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 5-7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Local authority
- Luton
- Ward
- Barnfield
- Constituency
- Luton North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 109584 · LAESTAB 8212278 · UKPRN 10069751
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, consistent financial reporting 2024/25.
- Breakfast club: DfE list of schools on the free breakfast club programme.
- 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.