St Margaret of Scotland Catholic Primary School, Luton

Ofsted's report card from its 30 June 2026 inspection grades St Margaret of Scotland Catholic Primary School on 7 areas: 6 strong standard and 1 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Strong standard. "Pupils achieve highly from their various starting points."

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Leaders have well-established systems to maintain oversight of pupils' attendance, behaviour and attitudes."

Curriculum and teaching - Strong standard. "Leaders have established a broad, well-ordered curriculum."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Inclusion sits at the heart of leaders' decision-making."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders, trustees and the local academy committee understand the challenges that many families face in their community."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "The programme for personal development is extensive and carefully designed to meet the needs of all pupils."

Early years - Expected standard. "Leaders prioritise the early years."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should support the consistency of teaching across the early years, ensuring that staff make effective choices about how to teach children new skills and concepts across the curriculum so that children sustain focus and achieve the intended learning"; "Leaders should ensure they continue to focus on raising achievement in mathematics so that pupils reach the same high standards in this subject as they do in others".

From the headteacher's welcome: "I am delighted to welcome you to St Margaret's. I was appointed to the position of Headteacher in September 2022. I absolutely love our school. At St Margaret's we strive to live the Catholic ethos and mission of our school."

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:30am and after-school care, from £3.00 per session.

In 2025, 83% of Year 6 pupils at St Margaret of Scotland Catholic Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 80% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 79% and 79% in Luton and 77% and 75% across England.

Results were similar in 2024 (82% in reading, 76% in maths).

For September 2026 entry, 35 families put St Margaret of Scotland Catholic Primary School as their first choice and 58 named it as one of their preferences, for 35 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to St Margaret of Scotland Catholic Primary School are Whipperley Infant Academy (0.3 miles, Good); Farley Junior Academy (0.3 miles, Outstanding, 76% reading, 81% maths); Hillborough Infant and Nursery School (0.6 miles, Good); and Hillborough Junior School (0.6 miles, Outstanding, 95% reading, 95% maths).

St Margaret of Scotland Catholic Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 2 schools.

St Margaret of Scotland Catholic Primary School is one of 18 schools run by St Thomas Catholic Academies Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's primary schools, 68% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths in 2024/25.

42.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Black (37%), White British (16%) and Mixed (10%).

In 2026, 59 pupils (14%) received SEN support and 10 (2.4%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.

St Margaret of Scotland Catholic Primary School had 17 teachers in 2026, one for every 24 pupils: fewer teachers per pupil than a typical primary school, at about one for every 20.

The nearest railway station is Luton Rail Station, about 1.3 miles away in a straight line.

8 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Rotheram Avenue (adjacent), 140 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood St Margaret of Scotland Catholic Primary School stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, St Margaret of Scotland Catholic Primary School issued 2 suspensions, 0.4 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The secondary schools closest to St Margaret of Scotland Catholic Primary School are The Stockwood Park Academy (0.2 miles) and Chiltern Academy (1.6 miles).