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Best secondary schools in Luton

13 of 14 secondary schools ranked by Progress 8 · all Luton schools · primary schools

Ranked on Progress 8, 2023/24 — the most recent year each school has published. Official data, not our opinion — but the ranking is only as good as the measure, and a single number never describes a school.

# School Progress 8 Ofsted Places Catchment
1 Denbigh High School Luton 0.8 Outstanding oversubscribed 2.05 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
2 Challney High School for Girls Luton 0.74 Outstanding about even 1.06 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
3 Challney High School for Boys Luton hidden gem 0.56 Outstanding about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
4 Icknield High School Luton hidden gem 0.54 Good undersubscribed 0.82 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
5 Cardinal Newman Catholic School A Specialist Science College Luton hidden gem 0.38 Good about even 0.96 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
6 Chiltern Academy Luton 0.38 Good oversubscribed 1.19 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
7 Putteridge High School Luton 0.23 Good oversubscribed 1.17 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
8 The Chalk Hills Academy Luton -0.02 Good declining about even 1.06 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
9 Lealands High School Luton hidden gem -0.04 Good about even 0.95 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
10 The Stockwood Park Academy Luton -0.21 Not judged declining undersubscribed 0.66 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
11 Stopsley High School Luton hidden gem -0.33 Good undersubscribed 0.52 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
12 Queen Elizabeth School Luton hidden gem -0.34 Good undersubscribed 0.73 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate
13 Lea Manor High School Luton -0.98 Inadequate undersubscribed 0.66 first prefs per place, 2026/27 approximate

Also in Luton

1 further secondary school with no published Progress 8 for the latest year — usually too small a cohort to report, newly opened, or a special school. Listed because leaving them out would make this a misleading picture of Luton, not a fairer one.

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