Graded inspection · Dec 2024 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Luton
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry366 applications · 279 places offered · 184 named it first
- 2026 1.3; Luton median median 2.0
- 2025 1.2; Luton median median 1.9
- 2024 1.3; Luton median median 2.1
- 2023 1.1; Luton median median 2.0
- 2022 1.2; Luton median median 2.0
- 2021 1.3; Luton median median 1.9
- 2020 1.2; Luton median median 1.9
- 2019 1.3; Luton median median 2.3
- 2018 1.5; Luton median median 2.1
- 2017 1.4; Luton median median 1.9
- 2016 1.6; Luton median median 2.0
- 2015 1.4; Luton median median 2.2
- 2014 1.4; Luton median median 2.3
- This school
- Luton median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 279 | 366 | 1.3 | 184 | 0.66 |
| Sep 2025 | 282 | 346 | 1.2 | 178 | 0.63 |
| Sep 2024 | 290 | 382 | 1.3 | 189 | 0.65 |
| Sep 2023 | 269 | 285 | 1.1 | 132 | 0.49 |
| Sep 2022 | 290 | 349 | 1.2 | 159 | 0.55 |
| Sep 2021 | 258 | 344 | 1.3 | 130 | 0.50 |
| Sep 2020 | 282 | 325 | 1.2 | 145 | 0.51 |
| Sep 2019 | 279 | 348 | 1.3 | 164 | 0.59 |
| Sep 2018 | 228 | 342 | 1.5 | 177 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2017 | 252 | 357 | 1.4 | 203 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2016 | 238 | 382 | 1.6 | 226 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2015 | 266 | 363 | 1.4 | 222 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2014 | 265 | 358 | 1.4 | 185 | 0.70 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 269 | 36.9 | 28% | 46% | – |
| 2024/25 | 271 | 35.9 | 21% | 43% | – |
| 2023/24 | 264 | 36.2 | 23% | 45% | −0.21 |
| 2022/23 | 233 | 37.0 | 26% | 47% | −0.42 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- The Stockwood Park AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20241.3applications per place 36.9Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · LutonGood20232.9applications per place 52.4Attainment 8
- 2.5 km · LutonOutstanding20234.8applications per place 54.3Attainment 8
- 3.6 km · LutonOutstanding20231.9applications per place 47.2Attainment 8
- 3.9 km · LutonStandards maintained20252.0applications per place 51.5Attainment 8
- 4.1 km · Luton20262.3applications per place 43.9Attainment 8
- 4.2 km · Central Bedfordshire20261.7applications per place 38.9Attainment 8
- 4.3 km · LutonGood20242.5applications per place 48.3Attainment 8
- 4.4 km · Luton20262.6applications per place 42.5Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 135338 · 821/6906
- Trust
- Advantage Schools
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,450 pupils · 1,438 on roll
- Free school meals
- 40.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2007
- Replaced
- South Luton High School (URN 109691)
- Address
- Rotheram Avenue, Luton, LU1 5PP
- Local authority
- Luton
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources