Report card · inspected Jun 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
This schoolOther secondary schools in Luton
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Expected standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
Inspection history
- 2 June 2026Report card · 2 Strong standard, 4 Expected standard
- 13 September 2022Graded 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 entry451 applications · 200 places offered · 104 named it first
- 2026 2.3; Luton median median 2.0
- 2025 2.0; Luton median median 1.9
- 2024 1.6; Luton median median 2.1
- 2023 1.9; Luton median median 2.0
- 2022 1.5; Luton median median 2.0
- 2021 1.9; Luton median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2020 1.9; Luton median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2019 1.9; Luton median median 2.3; as the previous school
- 2018 2.0; Luton median median 2.1; as the previous school
- 2017 2.3; Luton median median 1.9; as the previous school
- 2016 2.4; Luton median median 2.0; as the previous school
- 2015 2.8; 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 Stopsley High School (URN 109713), 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 | 200 | 451 | 2.3 | 104 | 0.52 |
| Sep 2025 | 221 | 449 | 2.0 | 128 | 0.58 |
| Sep 2024 | 256 | 402 | 1.6 | 87 | 0.34 |
| Sep 2023 | 212 | 406 | 1.9 | 94 | 0.44 |
| Sep 2022 | 238 | 364 | 1.5 | 103 | 0.43 |
| Sep 2021 * | 222 | 410 | 1.9 | 117 | 0.53 |
| Sep 2020 * | 219 | 408 | 1.9 | 119 | 0.54 |
| Sep 2019 * | 248 | 467 | 1.9 | 132 | 0.53 |
| Sep 2018 * | 257 | 523 | 2.0 | 178 | 0.69 |
| Sep 2017 * | 252 | 580 | 2.3 | 176 | 0.70 |
| Sep 2016 * | 254 | 598 | 2.4 | 206 | 0.81 |
| Sep 2015 * | 190 | 534 | 2.8 | 182 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2014 * | 192 | 549 | 2.9 | 178 | 0.93 |
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.) | 193 | 43.9 | 44% | 61% | – |
| 2024/25 | 198 | 42.3 | 38% | 60% | – |
| 2023/24 | 204 | 41.5 | 42% | 64% | −0.33 |
| 2022/23 | 222 | 38.9 | 37% | 55% | −0.41 |
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
- Stopsley High SchoolThis schoolThis school20262.3applications per place 43.9Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · LutonGood20242.5applications per place 48.3Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · LutonOutstanding20234.8applications per place 54.3Attainment 8
- 1.7 km · LutonImproved significantly20242.2applications per place 50.4Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · Luton20262.6applications per place 42.5Attainment 8
- Remains Good20241.6applications per place 49.8Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · LutonGood20232.9applications per place 52.4Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · LutonSpecial measures 20261.6applications per place 42.3Attainment 8
- 4.1 km · LutonGraded · no overall grade20241.3applications per place 36.9Attainment 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
- 148692 · 821/5409
- Trust
- Middlesex Learning Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,350 pupils · 1,046 on roll
- Free school meals
- 32.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- SEN provision
- Resourced provision
- Opened
- 1 September 2021
- Replaced
- Stopsley High School (URN 109713)
- Address
- St Thomas's Road, Luton, LU2 7UX
- Local authority
- Luton
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources