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Lea Manor High School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 916Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 149208URN

Northwell Drive, Luton, LU3 3TL · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Category of concern: Special measures

Report card · inspected Jan 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.6per place
0.4 below Luton median (2.0)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Luton

249 applications for 154 places · 11th of 13 in Luton
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
42.3of 90
11th of 13 in Luton
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Ofsted category of concern: Special measures

Report card · inspected 20 January 2026Published 15 March 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingStrong standard
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourStrong standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceStrong 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

  1. 20 January 2026
    Report card · 4 Strong standard, 1 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention

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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 entry
1.6applications per place, Year 7
0.4 below Luton median (2.0) 0.6 below England median (2.2)

249 applications · 154 places offered · 101 named it first

  1. 2026 1.6; Luton median median 2.0
  2. 2025 1.6; Luton median median 1.9
  3. 2024 1.3; Luton median median 2.1
  4. 2023 1.4; Luton median median 2.0; as the previous school
  5. 2022 1.3; Luton median median 2.0; as the previous school
  6. 2021 1.6; Luton median median 1.9; as the previous school
  7. 2020 1.4; Luton median median 1.9; as the previous school
  8. 2019 1.6; Luton median median 2.3; as the previous school
  9. 2018 1.5; Luton median median 2.1; as the previous school
  10. 2017 1.7; Luton median median 1.9; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.8; Luton median median 2.0; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.7; Luton median median 2.2; as the previous school
  13. 2014 2.0; Luton median median 2.3; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Luton median

Dashed bars: as Lea Manor High School Performing Arts College (URN 109709), 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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261542491.61010.66
Sep 20251682651.61070.64
Sep 20241952441.31020.52
Sep 2023 *1862651.41040.56
Sep 2022 *2202781.31100.50
Sep 2021 *1642611.61110.68
Sep 2020 *2133071.41280.60
Sep 2019 *2323711.61530.66
Sep 2018 *2283521.51470.64
Sep 2017 *2293891.71530.67
Sep 2016 *2223971.81510.68
Sep 2015 *2333941.71740.75
Sep 2014 *1833742.01630.89

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

197 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)42.311th of 13 in Luton
Grade 5 or above in English and maths37%10th of 13 in Luton
Grade 4 or above in English and maths58%
  • This school
  • Luton median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.98
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)19742.337%58%–
2024/2520536.329%50%–
2023/2422734.426%47%−0.98
2022/23–

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

  • 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 sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
149208 · 821/4002
Trust
Chiltern Learning Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,200 pupils · 916 on roll
Free school meals
45.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Opened
1 August 2023
Replaced
Lea Manor High School Performing Arts College (URN 109709)
Address
Northwell Drive, Luton, LU3 3TL
Local authority
Luton

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources