Graded inspection · Feb 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 | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | 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 entry652 applications · 228 places offered · 272 named it first
- 2026 2.9; Luton median median 2.0
- 2025 3.1; Luton median median 1.9
- 2024 3.6; Luton median median 2.1
- 2023 3.2; Luton median median 2.0
- 2022 3.5; Luton median median 2.0
- 2021 3.1; Luton median median 1.9
- 2020 3.7; Luton median median 1.9
- 2019 2.6; 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 | 228 | 652 | 2.9 | 272 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2025 | 233 | 724 | 3.1 | 305 | 1.31 |
| Sep 2024 | 232 | 827 | 3.6 | 363 | 1.56 |
| Sep 2023 | 235 | 753 | 3.2 | 319 | 1.36 |
| Sep 2022 | 232 | 816 | 3.5 | 364 | 1.57 |
| Sep 2021 | 236 | 740 | 3.1 | 336 | 1.42 |
| Sep 2020 | 228 | 836 | 3.7 | 369 | 1.62 |
| Sep 2019 | 236 | 615 | 2.6 | 259 | 1.10 |
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.) | 239 | 52.4 | 63% | 73% | – |
| 2024/25 | 231 | 49.5 | 48% | 69% | – |
| 2023/24 | 238 | 49.6 | 55% | 72% | +0.38 |
| 2022/23 | 207 | 54.8 | 65% | 81% | +0.64 |
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
- Chiltern AcademyThis schoolThis schoolGood20232.9applications per place 52.4Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · Luton20262.6applications per place 42.5Attainment 8
- 2.4 km · LutonGraded · no overall grade20241.3applications per place 36.9Attainment 8
- 2.7 km · LutonOutstanding20234.8applications per place 54.3Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · Luton20262.3applications per place 43.9Attainment 8
- 3.9 km · LutonImproved significantly20242.2applications per place 50.4Attainment 8
- 4.3 km · LutonGood20242.5applications per place 48.3Attainment 8
- 5.2 km · LutonOutstanding20231.9applications per place 47.2Attainment 8
- 5.4 km · LutonStandards maintained20252.0applications per place 51.5Attainment 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
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 145872 · 821/4001
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,200 pupils · 1,203 on roll
- Free school meals
- 38.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2018
- Address
- Gipsy Lane, Luton, LU1 3GF
- Local authority
- Luton
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources