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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 20 November 2024Ungraded inspection: Improved significantly
- 18 June 2019Graded inspection: 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 entry503 applications · 234 places offered · 274 named it first
- 2026 2.2; Luton median median 2.0
- 2025 2.2; Luton median median 1.9
- 2024 2.1; Luton median median 2.1
- 2023 2.1; Luton median median 2.0
- 2022 2.2; Luton median median 2.0
- 2021 1.9; Luton median median 1.9
- 2020 1.9; Luton median median 1.9
- 2019 2.0; Luton median median 2.3
- 2018 2.2; Luton median median 2.1
- 2017 2.2; Luton median median 1.9
- 2016 2.1; Luton median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2015 2.1; Luton median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2014 2.9; Luton median median 2.3; as the previous school
- This school
- Luton median
Dashed bars: as Putteridge High School (URN 109685), the previous school.
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 | 234 | 503 | 2.2 | 274 | 1.17 |
| Sep 2025 | 235 | 520 | 2.2 | 268 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2024 | 238 | 490 | 2.1 | 244 | 1.03 |
| Sep 2023 | 240 | 498 | 2.1 | 252 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2022 | 236 | 517 | 2.2 | 252 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2021 | 236 | 447 | 1.9 | 203 | 0.86 |
| Sep 2020 | 238 | 459 | 1.9 | 186 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2019 | 232 | 454 | 2.0 | 188 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2018 | 166 | 370 | 2.2 | 137 | 0.83 |
| Sep 2017 | 178 | 395 | 2.2 | 132 | 0.74 |
| Sep 2016 * | 177 | 363 | 2.1 | 87 | 0.49 |
| Sep 2015 * | 153 | 322 | 2.1 | 103 | 0.67 |
| Sep 2014 * | 107 | 312 | 2.9 | 81 | 0.76 |
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.) | 237 | 50.4 | 56% | 73% | – |
| 2024/25 | 233 | 49.2 | 46% | 73% | – |
| 2023/24 | 241 | 48.3 | 53% | 67% | +0.23 |
| 2022/23 | 175 | 47.3 | 49% | 62% | +0.25 |
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
- Putteridge High SchoolThis schoolThis schoolImproved significantly20242.2applications per place 50.4Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · Luton20262.6applications per place 42.5Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · Luton20262.3applications per place 43.9Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · LutonGood20242.5applications per place 48.3Attainment 8
- Remains Good20241.6applications per place 49.8Attainment 8
- 3.4 km · LutonOutstanding20234.8applications per place 54.3Attainment 8
- 3.9 km · LutonGood20232.9applications per place 52.4Attainment 8
- 5.0 km · LutonSpecial measures 20261.6applications per place 42.3Attainment 8
- 5.5 km · LutonGraded · no overall grade20241.3applications per place 36.9Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 144311 · 821/4108
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,215 pupils · 1,193 on roll
- Free school meals
- 21.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 March 2017
- Replaced
- Putteridge High School (URN 109685)
- Address
- Putteridge Road, Luton, LU2 8HJ
- Local authority
- Luton
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources