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Private schools

Fee-paying schools in LU1, Luton

6 fee-paying schools sit within 3 miles of central LU1, the nearest being Oakwood Primary School at 0.6 mi, 3 single-sex. Nearest first; each age range is the school's own statutory range, which decides whether it takes a given year group.

School Distance Ages Takes
Oakwood Primary School 0.6 mi 3 to 11 Primary
Islam
Bury Park Educational Institute (Al - Hikmah Secondary School) 0.7 mi 9 to 19 Secondary
Girls
Mehria Primary School 1.0 mi 5 to 11 Primary
Jamiatul Uloom Al - Islamia 1.5 mi 10 to 16 Secondary
Boys
Al Hikmah Boys School 2.5 mi 11 to 16 Secondary
Boys
King's House Moorlands 2.5 mi 5 to 16 All-through
No Ofsted grades here, and that is not a bad sign. Fee-paying schools like Oakwood Primary School are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate rather than Ofsted, and the ISI publishes no open data feed, so no rating exists for us to show. Fees are not open data either.

The state schools alongside them

LU1 also holds 35 state primary and 7 state secondary schools, with Ofsted ratings and exam results. The full school breakdown for LU1 →

Checking a specific address

Put a postcode in and the report measures each school's distance from that front door rather than from central LU1.

Common questions

How many private schools are there in LU1?

6 fee-paying schools within 3 miles of central LU1, Luton, from the Department for Education's register. Each one's age range, whether it selects and how full it is are listed on this page.

Do private schools in LU1 have Ofsted ratings?

No, and a blank rating is not a bad sign. Fee-paying schools are inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate rather than Ofsted, and the ISI publishes no open data feed, so no rating exists for us to show.

Are there single-sex private schools in LU1?

3 of the 6 take boys only or girls only. The rest are mixed.

Source: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools. Read how every figure here is sourced on the methodology page. If something looks wrong, tell us and it goes on the accuracy log.