Graded inspection · Nov 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 entry438 applications · 230 places offered · 218 named it first
- 2026 1.9; Luton median median 2.0
- 2025 1.6; Luton median median 1.9
- 2024 1.7; Luton median median 2.1
- 2023 1.5; Luton median median 2.0
- 2022 1.5; Luton median median 2.0
- 2021 1.8; Luton median median 1.9
- 2020 1.7; Luton median median 1.9
- 2019 1.9; Luton median median 2.3
- 2018 1.9; Luton median median 2.1
- 2017 1.6; Luton median median 1.9
- 2016 1.9; Luton median median 2.0
- 2015 2.4; Luton median median 2.2
- 2014 2.3; 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 | 230 | 438 | 1.9 | 218 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2025 | 233 | 383 | 1.6 | 202 | 0.87 |
| Sep 2024 | 236 | 407 | 1.7 | 213 | 0.90 |
| Sep 2023 | 238 | 367 | 1.5 | 196 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2022 | 242 | 372 | 1.5 | 187 | 0.77 |
| Sep 2021 | 234 | 410 | 1.8 | 222 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2020 | 236 | 399 | 1.7 | 189 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2019 | 238 | 448 | 1.9 | 230 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2018 | 236 | 444 | 1.9 | 222 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2017 | 237 | 370 | 1.6 | 176 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2016 | 200 | 370 | 1.9 | 181 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2015 | 157 | 372 | 2.4 | 169 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2014 | 175 | 398 | 2.3 | 190 | 1.09 |
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.) | 236 | 47.2 | 48% | 63% | – |
| 2024/25 | 229 | 47.7 | 54% | 68% | – |
| 2023/24 | 241 | 48.7 | 53% | 67% | +0.56 |
| 2022/23 | 234 | 46.7 | 54% | 67% | +0.39 |
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
- Challney High School for BoysThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding20231.9applications per place 47.2Attainment 8
- 0.4 km · LutonStandards maintained20252.0applications per place 51.5Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · LutonRemains Good20232.0applications per place 42.8Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · LutonGood20232.0applications per place 41.7Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · LutonOutstanding20234.8applications per place 54.3Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · LutonSpecial measures 20261.6applications per place 42.3Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · LutonGood20242.5applications per place 48.3Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · Central Bedfordshire20261.7applications per place 38.9Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · Central BedfordshireGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place 48.7Attainment 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
- 136651 · 821/4102
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,212 pupils · 1,197 on roll
- Free school meals
- 30.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 April 2011
- Replaced
- Challney High School for Boys and Community College (URN 109681)
- Address
- Stoneygate Road, Luton, LU4 9TJ
- Local authority
- Luton
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources