Secondary schools in Luton
14 secondary schools in Luton, sorted by latest Ofsted grade. Grades come from two inspection systems; each school page states which, and the guide explains the difference. A grade shown with a year, like "Good (2019)", is the last one Ofsted published for that school and sorts below current grades. We don't invent rankings.
Luton in figures
For Year 7 places in September 2026, families named the 14 schools in Luton first 3,100 times for 3,175 places: 0.98 first choices per place. 5 of the 14 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 7 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 0.77 miles (Challney High School for Girls) to 2.14 miles (Lealands High School).
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
- Challney High School for Boys
- Challney High School for Girls
- Denbigh High School
- Cardinal Newman Catholic School A Specialist Science College
- Chiltern Academy
- Icknield High School
- Lealands High School
- The Chalk Hills Academy
- The Stockwood Park Academy
- Putteridge High School
- Stopsley High School
- Lea Manor High School
- Manshead Church of England Academy
- Queen Elizabeth School
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Browse by authority: Central Bedfordshire · Luton · compare schools side by side · the map. School data: DfE & Ofsted, Open Government Licence v3.0.