St Martin De Porres Catholic Primary School

About St Martin De Porres Catholic Primary School

St Martin De Porres Catholic Primary School is a popular choice among local families, with 54 first-preference applications for 57 places in the 2025/26 admissions round, making it oversubscribed with a ratio of 1.54 applicants per place. This level of demand suggests a strong reputation in the community, though the school does not publish a parent recommendation percentage in its data. The school is a state-funded Roman Catholic primary for mixed-gender pupils aged 3 to 11, located in Luton, and currently led by headteachers Annette Barnaville and Hayley Gallagher. It has a nursery provision and a total of 402 pupils on roll, just shy of its 420-pupil capacity. The proportion of pupils eligible for free school meals stands at 13.9%, which is slightly below the national average for primary schools, indicating a relatively mixed intake.

In its most recent Ofsted inspection, carried out in July 2024, the school was judged to remain Good overall, a rating it has held consistently since at least its previous graded inspection in 2018. The inspection report rated leadership and management, early years provision, and overall effectiveness all as Good. At Key Stage 2 in the 2023/24 academic year, 60% of pupils achieved the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, which is just below the local authority average of 62%. However, the school performed better in individual subjects: 76% reached the expected standard in writing and 75% in maths, while reading stood at 69%. Higher-standard attainment was strongest in reading at 38%, compared with 24% in maths and 18% in writing. Average scaled scores were 106 in reading and 105 in maths. Nationally, the school ranks in the bottom 50% for its combined expected standard measure, sitting at the 58th percentile.

The school offers a solid range of facilities including a sports hall, gymnasium, library, sensory room, music rooms, chapel, and an outdoor playground. Sports on offer include dance, rounders, athletics, cricket, gymnastics and netball, while clubs extend to gardening, coding, book club, choir, eco club and science club. For pupils with additional needs, the school provides support for a wide range of conditions including specific learning difficulties, moderate learning difficulty, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, and autistic spectrum disorder. With its oversubscribed status and Catholic character, this school is likely to suit families who prioritise a faith-based primary education in Luton and who are comfortable with a school that performs around the local average academically. The nearest Outstanding-rated school is Leagrave Primary School, about one kilometre away.

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