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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 |
Inspection history
- 26 March 2025Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 14 January 2020Graded inspection: 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 entry443 applications · 219 places offered · 233 named it first
- 2026 2.0; Luton median median 2.0
- 2025 1.9; 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 2.1; Luton median median 1.9
- 2020 2.0; Luton median median 1.9
- 2019 2.3; Luton median median 2.3
- 2018 2.1; Luton median median 2.1
- 2017 1.8; Luton median median 1.9
- 2016 1.9; Luton median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2015 1.8; Luton median median 2.2; as the previous school
- 2014 1.7; Luton median median 2.3; as the previous school
- This school
- Luton median
Dashed bars: as Challney High School for Girls (URN 109682), 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 | 219 | 443 | 2.0 | 233 | 1.06 |
| Sep 2025 | 221 | 418 | 1.9 | 244 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2024 | 203 | 427 | 2.1 | 228 | 1.12 |
| Sep 2023 | 207 | 444 | 2.1 | 239 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2022 | 206 | 449 | 2.2 | 239 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2021 | 208 | 440 | 2.1 | 247 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2020 | 208 | 418 | 2.0 | 229 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2019 | 205 | 462 | 2.3 | 231 | 1.13 |
| Sep 2018 | 210 | 446 | 2.1 | 241 | 1.15 |
| Sep 2017 | 206 | 374 | 1.8 | 203 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2016 * | 206 | 388 | 1.9 | 204 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2015 * | 209 | 366 | 1.8 | 183 | 0.88 |
| Sep 2014 * | 210 | 351 | 1.7 | 194 | 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.) | 207 | 51.5 | 56% | 73% | – |
| 2024/25 | 206 | 50.1 | 48% | 72% | – |
| 2023/24 | 205 | 51.0 | 54% | 71% | +0.74 |
| 2022/23 | 211 | 51.1 | 52% | 72% | +0.93 |
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 GirlsThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20252.0applications per place 51.5Attainment 8
- 0.4 km · LutonOutstanding20231.9applications per place 47.2Attainment 8
- 1.5 km · LutonRemains Good20232.0applications per place 42.8Attainment 8
- 2.3 km · LutonGood20232.0applications per place 41.7Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · LutonSpecial measures 20261.6applications per place 42.3Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · Central BedfordshireGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place 48.7Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · LutonGood20242.5applications per place 48.3Attainment 8
- 3.0 km · LutonOutstanding20234.8applications per place 54.3Attainment 8
- 3.4 km · Central Bedfordshire20261.7applications per place 38.9Attainment 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
- 144312 · 821/4103
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,064 pupils · 1,062 on roll
- Free school meals
- 32.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 March 2017
- Replaced
- Challney High School for Girls (URN 109682)
- Address
- Addington Way, Luton, LU4 9FJ
- Local authority
- Luton
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources