Graded inspection · Dec 2023 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 | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
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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 entry1,007 applications · 208 places offered · 426 named it first
- 2026 4.8; Luton median median 2.0
- 2025 4.5; Luton median median 1.9
- 2024 5.1; Luton median median 2.1
- 2023 5.1; Luton median median 2.0
- 2022 5.4; Luton median median 2.0
- 2021 4.9; Luton median median 1.9
- 2020 5.3; Luton median median 1.9
- 2019 5.2; Luton median median 2.3
- 2018 5.0; Luton median median 2.1
- 2017 4.4; Luton median median 1.9
- 2016 4.4; Luton median median 2.0
- 2015 3.5; Luton median median 2.2
- 2014 3.5; 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 | 208 | 1,007 | 4.8 | 426 | 2.05 |
| Sep 2025 | 213 | 960 | 4.5 | 377 | 1.77 |
| Sep 2024 | 211 | 1,065 | 5.1 | 423 | 2.00 |
| Sep 2023 | 211 | 1,074 | 5.1 | 442 | 2.09 |
| Sep 2022 | 212 | 1,153 | 5.4 | 443 | 2.09 |
| Sep 2021 | 214 | 1,044 | 4.9 | 406 | 1.90 |
| Sep 2020 | 216 | 1,136 | 5.3 | 468 | 2.17 |
| Sep 2019 | 220 | 1,132 | 5.2 | 483 | 2.20 |
| Sep 2018 | 211 | 1,058 | 5.0 | 475 | 2.25 |
| Sep 2017 | 223 | 978 | 4.4 | 462 | 2.07 |
| Sep 2016 | 217 | 947 | 4.4 | 399 | 1.84 |
| Sep 2015 | 220 | 779 | 3.5 | 312 | 1.42 |
| Sep 2014 | 219 | 772 | 3.5 | 338 | 1.54 |
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.) | 226 | 54.3 | 60% | 75% | – |
| 2024/25 | 219 | 52.6 | 56% | 73% | – |
| 2023/24 | 220 | 55.4 | 60% | 73% | +0.80 |
| 2022/23 | 223 | 52.2 | 48% | 68% | +0.75 |
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
- Denbigh High SchoolThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding20234.8applications per place 54.3Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · Luton20262.3applications per place 43.9Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · LutonGood20242.5applications per place 48.3Attainment 8
- 2.5 km · LutonGraded · no overall grade20241.3applications per place 36.9Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · LutonGood20232.9applications per place 52.4Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · Luton20262.6applications per place 42.5Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · LutonOutstanding20231.9applications per place 47.2Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · LutonStandards maintained20252.0applications per place 51.5Attainment 8
- Remains Good20241.6applications per place 49.8Attainment 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 converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136319 · 821/4104
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,120 pupils · 1,130 on roll
- Free school meals
- 33.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 November 2010
- Replaced
- Denbigh High School (URN 109683)
- Address
- Alexandra Avenue, Luton, LU3 1HE
- Local authority
- Luton
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources