Slip End Village School
Ross Way, Slip End, Luton, LU1 4DDOpen in maps (opens in a new tab)
Slip End Village School is a primary school in Luton for ages 3 to 11. It is one of the 134 schools in Central Bedfordshire. It ranks 10th of 41 primary schools in Luton. Its latest Ofsted inspection, in December 2024, graded each key judgement and gave no overall Ofsted rating.
Ofsted inspection
Inspected 10 December 2024, report published 26 January 2025
This inspection graded each key judgement and gave no overall effectiveness grade.
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years provision
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Met
What Ofsted said
From the inspection on 10 December 2024
Pupils love coming to Slip End Village School. It is a school where pupils are happy and feel safe. Pupils live by the school's values of belong, believe and achieve. Key stage 2 pupils are proud to be community champions. All key stage 2 pupils have a role of responsibility, and this encourages them to develop as active citizens. The school has high expectations of pupils' behaviour, including children in the early years. Pupils respond well to this. They take pride in their learning and listen carefully to their teachers. Low-level disruption is rare. However, when it does happen, adults deal with it effectively. The school has recently become more ambitious for pupils' achievement. Pupils now achieve well. This is reflected in the key stage 2 provisional outcomes in 2024. A broad range of extra-curricular opportunities is available to pupils. Sport is a big part of this school and pupils' participation in sports clubs is very high, including for those pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Pupils talk fondly about these opportunities.
What the school should improve
- Occasionally, some of the subjects in the curriculum are not implemented as the school intends. As a result, some pupils do not secure an understanding of these subjects. The school should ensure that teachers design activities that allow pupils to deepen the important skills and knowledge they need.
- Some pupils are persistently absent and this hinders their learning. The school should review and amend how they work with parents and outside agencies to improve attendance.
- A small number of parents do not agree that the school deals with their concerns effectively or in a timely way for them. The school should review and make suitable amendments to how they deal with concerns from parents and to the school's processes for responding to parental enquiries.
Exam results
SATs results (key stage 2), 2024/25
12 pupils took the tests
Pupil numbers and mix
112 pupils on roll, with places for 184
Schools near Slip End Village School
| School | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caddington Village School | 1 mile | Ofsted judgements: Good | 62% met the expected standard |
| St Margaret of Scotland Catholic Primary School | 1 mile | Ofsted: Good | 75% met the expected standard |
| Farley Junior Academy | 1 mile | Ofsted: Outstanding | 64% met the expected standard |
| Oakwood Primary School | 1 mile | No Ofsted inspection | Not published |
| Hillborough Junior School | 1 mile | Ofsted: Outstanding | 87% met the expected standard |
School details
- School type
- Community school
- Sector
- Local authority maintained
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Nursery classes
- Yes
- Headteacher
- Mrs Laura Jackson
- Phone
- 01582720152
- Address
- Ross Way, Slip End, Luton, LU1 4DD
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- URN
- 109440
School details from Get Information about Schools, 17 September 2026. Ofsted outcomes published to 31 August 2026. Exam results for 2024/25 from the Department for Education. Pupil mix from the school census, 2025/26.