Our School
Welcome to Leagrave Primary School
We are a thriving and vibrant Primary School based in the west of Luton. We aim to give every child the best possible start to their education and strongly believe in our mission statement: ‘Striving For Excellence, Learning For Life.’
High expectations permeate throughout the school, ensuring children believe they can achieve in all areas of their lives. The school community is caring and inclusive, providing a wealth of high quality learning experiences, with a rich and stimulating curriculum.

Headteacher's Welcome
I am very proud to be the Headteacher of Leagrave Primary School. I strongly believe in developing children’s aspirations, well being and achievement, so that they become successful, well rounded citizens.
High expectations permeate throughout the school, ensuring children believe they can achieve in all areas of their lives. The school community is caring and inclusive, providing a wealth of high quality learning experiences, within a rich and stimulating curriculum.
All children succeed at Leagrave Primary School, because they love to learn and want to do well. Our extensive and dedicated team work hard to ensure that the safety, well being and achievement of all children is paramount.
Warm Regards, Mrs Gillespie

Our Facilities
The building has a purpose built Nursery and Early Years Unit with attractive, outside learning areas, two large halls, a well equipped library and extensive grounds for outdoor learning or physical activity.

Our Classrooms
Our classrooms are spacious and we are fortunate to have an exciting eco-classroom, where children can take learning outside to explore the natural environment.

Our Community
Leagrave Primary is a multi-cultural and multi-lingual community. At our school we aim to enable pupils to make the right choices in order to become good citizens and life-long learners.
Best Possible Start To The School Journey
The school was graded as ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted in December 2018. “Pupils thrive in all aspects of their academic, personal, social and emotional development.” We want all our children to be successful, confident and responsible individuals. We aim to provide high quality and varied learning opportunities in a safe, caring environment. We believe that all children should reach their potential in all areas of the curriculum, making or exceeding the expected progress across the primary phase.
Our committed team work hard to ensure our pupils are at the heart of everything we do and we believe that partnerships with parents and the community are an essential ingredient to a successful school.
Our Aims, Mission and Core Values
Our Aims
The governors, senior leadership team and staff have worked together to develop the following aims for all of our pupils:
- To provide a safe, purposeful, happy and supportive environment
- To nurture the talents of each individual in order for them to achieve their potential
- To provide teaching and learning experiences which inspire confidence and develop creativity and success
- To provide a structured values programme that ensures all pupils are emotionally prepared for learning
- To continue to develop links with the local community, in order to support the learning experiences in the classroom


Our Mission
- We promise you a caring community where everyone can succeed
- We promise a happy and exciting environment to inspire you to learn and grow
- We will nurture your talents and encourage you to excel in everything you do
- We want the best for you and from you, so that you can achieve excellence
Our Core Values
Our values were chosen by the school community. They underpin our ethos and school curriculum.
Respect, Determination, Kindness, Friendship, Independence and Responsibility.