Primary school in Luton
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
Gardenia Avenue, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU3 2NS
Ofsted
Remained Good at its last ungraded inspection, on 20 April 2023.
Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 3 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.
Pupils
- Places
- 750
The neighbourhood around the school
Census 2021 figures for Luton 006G, the statistical neighbourhood the school sits in — roughly 1,500 residents. It describes the area, not the pupils, who may travel in from further away.
- Adults with a degree
- 31%
- Adults with no qualifications
- 25%
- Households owning their home
- 46%
- Households in social housing
- 7%
- Households with no car
- 25%
- Adults economically inactive
- 39%
England 33.8%
England 18.3%
England 62.7%
England 17%
England 21.9%
England 39.9%
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- Ages 5–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No
- Boarding
- Day school
- Trust
- ST THOMAS CATHOLIC ACADEMIES TRUST
- Headteacher
- Headteacher: Sinead Killian
- Local authority
- Luton
- Ward
- Saints
- Constituency
- Luton North
- URN
- 151960
The unique reference number used in all official school data.
Nearest primary schools
| School | Ofsted | Expected standard | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norton Road Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2024 | 43% | 0.1 mi |
| Beechwood Primary SchoolCommunity school | No grade | 46% | 0.6 mi |
| Icknield Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2023 | 68% | 0.6 mi |
| William Austin Junior SchoolCommunity school | Good 2022 | 71% | 0.6 mi |
| Denbigh Primary SchoolCommunity school | No grade | 82% | 0.6 mi |
| William Austin Infant SchoolCommunity school | No grade | — | 0.6 mi |
| The Meads Primary SchoolCommunity school | Good 2024 | 75% | 0.7 mi |
| Maidenhall Primary SchoolCommunity school | No grade | 67% | 0.7 mi |
Where these figures come from
- School details, address and pupil numbers — Get Information About Schools, the DfE register, as at 14 August 2026.
- Exam results — DfE performance tables, 2024/25.
- Free school meals, EAL and SEN — school census, 2024/25.
- Ofsted — Ofsted management information, latest inspections as at 30 June 2026.
- Neighbourhood figures — ONS Census 2021, lower layer super output area.
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