Hillborough Infant and Nursery School
Hillborough Road, Luton, LU1 5EZ
296 pupils · 110% of 270 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3–7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Luton
- Free school meals
- 18.3%
Ofsted
Good (2023) — Ungraded inspection — “School remains Good” (previous grade confirmed, not re-graded)
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 25 May 2023, published 6 July 2023. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 0.99 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 90 | 89 | 184 | 90 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 89 | 95 | 198 | 89 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 90 | 95 | 212 | 90 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 90 | 89 | 193 | 90 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 90 | 94 | 204 | 90 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 90 | 102 | 204 | 90 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 90 | 117 | 223 | 90 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 90 | 96 | 207 | 90 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Hillborough Junior School 0 km · Outstanding (2023) · previous system
- Farley Junior Academy 0.4 km · Outstanding (2024) · previous system
- Tennyson Road Primary School 0.6 km · Outstanding (2024) · previous system
- St Margaret of Scotland Catholic Primary School 1 km · Good (2022) · previous system
- Dallow Primary School 1 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Whipperley Infant Academy 1.1 km · No overall grade (2025)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.