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Icknield High School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Riddy Lane, Luton LU3 2AH · icknield.beds.sch.uk · 01582 576561
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Feb 2024
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 49.4
- average Attainment 8 score. Luton 45, England 46
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,452
- 7 over 1,445 places · 100%
- Local authority
- Luton
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 27.9%
- First language not English
- 27.7%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Icknield High School
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 238 families put the school first and 292 places were offered; 93% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 292 | 238 | 0.8 | 93% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 280 | 239 | 0.9 | 94% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 281 | 277 | 1 | 83% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 286 | 268 | 0.9 | 83% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 288 | 295 | 1▲ | 83% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 49.4, and 57.7% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Luton it was 45, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲49.4 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲57.7% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲74.0% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼37.4% | 40.5% | ||
| ▲4.41 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 7.2 | +3.4 |
| Sixth form college | 70 | −5.3 |
| Further education | 16.2 | +5.1 |
| Apprenticeship | 0.7 | −0.3 |
| Employment | 0.4 | −0.3 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 3.2 | −1.3 |
| Activity not captured | 2.2 | −0.9 |
Ofsted
Icknield High School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 14 February 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 14 Feb 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Nov 2021
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Nov 2021Ungraded inspectionConcerns
Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Jan 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Jan 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good
What parents said
63% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (65 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 63%
- Replies
- 65
- 4% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 75% who raised concerns
based on the 58% who had a child bullied
based on 19 parents (29%) with SEND