Cutenhoe Hill Primary School
SEND provision: This school has resourced provision for children with SEND
Good· our summaryFeb 2025
Ages3 - 11
Pupils360
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69% combined
KS2 Expected Standard
2024-25
Admission figures: 2026-27
Apply by Fri 15 Jan 2027 · offers Fri 16 Apr 2027in 61 days
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How places are decided at Cutenhoe Hill Primary School
Priority order when there are more applications than places, 2027-28 (Reception):
- 1Previously looked after / looked after child — A ‘looked after child’ or a child who was previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child arrangements, or special guardianship order including those who appear to the council to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in care as a result of being adopted.
- 2Siblings — Brothers and sisters of pupils attending the school or the linked junior school when the pupil starts at the school.
- 3Catchment area — Pupils living in the catchment area of the school.
Show all 6 criteria · 3 more, and the tie-break
- 4Medical grounds — On medical grounds supported by medical evidence.
- 5Children of staff — Children of staff who work at the School.
- 6Distance — On the shortest distance, measured in a straight line, between the main entrance of the school site and the pupil’s home address, with those living closer to the school being accorded higher priority.
If two applications tie: The admissions criteria will be applied separately and sequentially until all places are filled. If the council is unable to agree a place for all applicants meeting a specific criterion, the distance criterion (priority 6) will be used as a tie-breaker. In the event of (a) two or more children living at the same address point or (b) two addresses measuring the same distance from the school, the ultimate tie breaker will be random selection, witnessed by a Council officer, independent of the Admissions Team.
Local-authority coordinated default oversubscription criteria for Luton Borough Council's community and voluntary-controlled schools (the council is the admission authority). Document lists community infant/primary schools within the local authority sharing this default oversubscription criteria; catchment areas mentioned as a criterion but no indication that individual schools use different ordered criteria.
Published by the admission authority. A criterion sets the order places are offered in and never guarantees a place.
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Check your postcode →Appeals in this council · 2% successful (2025-26 entry)
2% of primary admission appeals heard in Luton Council were successful (2025-26 entry — 67 heard).
2025-26: 2%2024-25: 0%2023-24: 3%2022-23: 0%2021-22: 3%
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How places are decided at Cutenhoe Hill Primary School
Priority order when there are more applications than places, 2027-28 (Reception):
- 1Previously looked after / looked after child — A ‘looked after child’ or a child who was previously looked after but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child arrangements, or special guardianship order including those who appear to the council to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in care as a result of being adopted.
- 2Siblings — Brothers and sisters of pupils attending the school or the linked junior school when the pupil starts at the school.