Graded inspection · Feb 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 |
Inspection history
- 14 February 2024Graded inspection: Good
- 24 November 2021Ungraded inspection: School remains Good (Concerns)
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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 entry723 applications · 292 places offered · 238 named it first
- 2026 2.5; Luton median median 2.0
- 2025 2.4; Luton median median 1.9
- 2024 2.9; Luton median median 2.1
- 2023 2.9; Luton median median 2.0
- 2022 3.0; Luton median median 2.0
- 2021 3.0; Luton median median 1.9
- 2020 3.1; Luton median median 1.9
- 2019 3.3; Luton median median 2.3
- 2018 3.0; Luton median median 2.1
- 2017 3.3; Luton median median 1.9
- 2016 3.4; Luton median median 2.0
- 2015 3.2; Luton median median 2.2
- 2014 3.3; 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 | 292 | 723 | 2.5 | 238 | 0.82 |
| Sep 2025 | 280 | 665 | 2.4 | 239 | 0.85 |
| Sep 2024 | 281 | 823 | 2.9 | 277 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2023 | 286 | 814 | 2.9 | 268 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2022 | 288 | 855 | 3.0 | 295 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2021 | 282 | 854 | 3.0 | 271 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2020 | 284 | 877 | 3.1 | 259 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2019 | 286 | 939 | 3.3 | 261 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2018 | 287 | 868 | 3.0 | 229 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2017 | 278 | 907 | 3.3 | 261 | 0.94 |
| Sep 2016 | 280 | 963 | 3.4 | 288 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2015 | 277 | 883 | 3.2 | 286 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2014 | 279 | 923 | 3.3 | 257 | 0.92 |
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.) | 285 | 48.3 | 56% | 72% | – |
| 2024/25 | 281 | 49.4 | 58% | 74% | – |
| 2023/24 | 277 | 50.6 | 60% | 75% | +0.54 |
| 2022/23 | 290 | 48.0 | 52% | 71% | +0.37 |
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
- Icknield High SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGood20242.5applications per place 48.3Attainment 8
- Remains Good20241.6applications per place 49.8Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · Luton20262.3applications per place 43.9Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · LutonOutstanding20234.8applications per place 54.3Attainment 8
- 2.1 km · LutonSpecial measures 20261.6applications per place 42.3Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · LutonStandards maintained20252.0applications per place 51.5Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · LutonOutstanding20231.9applications per place 47.2Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · LutonGood20232.0applications per place 41.7Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · LutonImproved significantly20242.2applications per place 50.4Attainment 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
- 137679 · 821/5407
- Trust
- Icknield High School
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,445 pupils · 1,452 on roll
- Free school meals
- 27.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 December 2011
- Replaced
- Icknield High School (URN 109711)
- Address
- Riddy Lane, Luton, LU3 2AH
- Local authority
- Luton
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources