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Challney High School for Girls
Secondary · Girls · Ages 11–16 · Academy
Addington Way, Luton LU4 9FJ · challneygirls.luton.sch.uk · 01582 571427
Overview
- Ofsted
- Outstanding
- 2019 framework · inspected Jan 2020
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 50.1
- average Attainment 8 score. Luton 45, England 46
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,062
- 100% of 1,064 places
- Local authority
- Luton
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 32%
- First language not English
- 78.1%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, 233 families put the school first and 219 places were offered; 85% 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 | 219 | 233 | 1.1▲ | 85% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 221 | 244 | 1.1▲ | 83% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 203 | 228 | 1.1▲ | 80% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 207 | 239 | 1.2▲ | 77% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 206 | 239 | 1.2▲ | 76% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 50.1, and 47.6% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▲50.1 | 46.0 | ||
| ▲47.6% | 45.4% | ||
| ▲72.3% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼28.2% | 40.5% | ||
| ●4.17 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 109682)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 4.4 | −0.9 |
| Sixth form college | 79 | +7.8 |
| Further education | 11.7 | −8 |
| Employment | 0.5 | — |
| Not in a lasting destination | 2.9 | +1.9 |
| Activity not captured | 1.5 | +0.1 |
Ofsted
Challney High School for Girls was judged Outstanding at its last graded inspection, on 14 January 2020, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework. An ungraded inspection in Mar 2025 found: Standards maintained.
- Outcome
- Standards maintained
- Inspected
- 25 Mar 2025
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Jan 2020
Earlier inspections
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2020Outstanding
Quality of education Outstanding Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Personal development Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
May 2015Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement May 2013Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement
What parents said
93% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (101 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 93%
- Replies
- 101
- 10% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 69% who raised concerns
based on the 46% who had a child bullied
based on 17 parents (17%) with SEND