Downside Primary School
School Name: Downside Primary School Address: Chaul End Lane Town/City: Luton County: Bedfordshire Postcode: LU4 8EZ Country: 200003274210 Telephone Number: 01582 587160 Website: www.downside-primary.co.uk/
Phase: Primary (ages 4-11) Type: Community school Religious Denomination: None Admissions Policy: Non-selective
Headteacher: Miss K Hooker
Capacity: 1050
Gender: Mixed
The following details are from a census on 20 January 2022:
Number of pupils: 1004 (51% boys & 49% girls)
Enrollment: 96% of capacity
Free school meal eligibility: 21.5%
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
URN: 109567
DfE Number: 821/2259
UKPRN: 10068975
Region: East of England (E12000006)
District: Luton (E06000032)
Constituency: Luton North (E14000800)
Electoral Ward: Dallow (E05002198)
Easting & Northing: 506272E, 222446N
Latitude & Longitude: 51° 53' 27.89" N 0° 27' 25.23" W
Plus Code: 9C3XVGRV+C5
DfE Record: View record
- Challney High School for Boys (0.9km)
- Foxdell Primary School (1.1km)
- Beechwood Primary School (1.2km)
- Challney High School for Girls (1.2km)
- Maidenhall Primary School (1.2km)
- Al Hikmah Boys School (1.4km)
- Kings House Preparatory School and Nursery (1.4km)
- Jamiatul Uloom Al - Islamia (1.4km)
- Norton Road Primary School (1.4km)
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (1.5km)
Predecessor school†
- Shagufta Anwar - Governor. Appointed on 8 December 2022 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 8 December 2026.
- Mr Stewart Cook - Governor. Appointed on 24 November 2021 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 24 November 2025.
- Mrs Livia Cori-Watts - Governor. Appointed on 1 February 2022 (Elected by parents). Term runs until 31 January 2026.
- Talat Hafiz - Governor. Appointed on 8 December 2022 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 8 December 2026.
- Miss Karen Hooker - Governor. Appointed on 1 September 2011 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 30 September 2026.
- Councillor Mahmood Hussain - Governor. Appointed on 7 April 2020 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 6 April 2024.
- Mr Muhammad Usman Latif Khan - Governor. Appointed on 1 February 2022 (Elected by parents). Term runs until 31 January 2026.
- Anne Lacey - Governor. Appointed on 8 December 2022 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 8 December 2026.
- Mrs Gladis Manning - Governor. Appointed on 4 December 2019 (Elected by school staff). Term runs until 3 December 2023.
- Mrs Supriya Menon - Chair of Governors. Appointed on 4 October 2021 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 4 October 2025.
- Kylie Turney - Governor. Appointed on 5 May 2021 (Appointed by GB/board). Term runs until 5 May 2025.