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Schools in the Luton local authority

Luton has 79 schools listed on OfferDay across 2 towns.

6 nursery schools · 46 primary schools · 13 secondary schools · 1 sixth form or college · 6 special and alternative provision schools · 6 independent schools · 1 other establishment

About schools in Luton

Most of the 79 schools listed in Luton are primary schools. Its 13 secondary schools are where families compare options once a child finishes primary. Older students can carry on at one sixth form or college.

Every school on this page is inspected by Ofsted. Its newer reports judge a school across several areas rather than giving one overall grade, while older reports still carry the previous single grade, so read the framework and the date on each page before you set two schools side by side. Where results have been published you will also find key stage 2 scores for the primary schools and Attainment 8 for the secondary schools. An inspection or a results table captures a school at one past moment, so use this page to draw up a shortlist and then visit.

Key stage 2, 2024/25
65%
of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, across the 39 schools with published results
Key stage 4, 2024/25
45.3
average Attainment 8 score, across the 14 schools with published results

Top schools in Luton

Ranked by the latest published results; primary and secondary schools are measured differently and never compared with each other.

Primary

  1. 1 Leagrave Primary School 91%
  2. 2 Hillborough Junior School 87%
  3. 3 Denbigh Primary School 82%
  4. 4 Tennyson Road Primary School 80%
  5. 5 Chantry Primary Academy 79%
  6. 6 Downside Primary School 79%
  7. 7 River Bank Primary School 78%
  8. 8 Waulud Primary School 77%

Secondary

  1. 1 Denbigh High School 52.6
  2. 2 Challney High School for Girls 50.1
  3. 3 Cardinal Newman Catholic School A Specialist Science College 50.0
  4. 4 Chiltern Academy 49.5
  5. 5 Icknield High School 49.4
  6. 6 Putteridge High School 49.2
  7. 7 Challney High School for Boys 47.7
  8. 8 The Chalk Hills Academy 45.7

Schools by town

The count beside each town is the number of its schools under Luton.

Schools not listed under a town

These schools have no town recorded in the national register.

Common questions about schools in Luton

How many schools are in Luton?
OfferDay lists 79 schools in Luton, including 46 primary schools and 13 secondary schools.
Who inspects schools in Luton?
Every school in Luton is inspected by Ofsted. Newer reports grade several areas of a school separately on a report card, while older reports carry a single overall grade, so check the framework and the date on each page before you compare two schools.
Which are the best schools in Luton?
OfferDay ranks an area's schools only where enough of them have published results to compare fairly, and Luton does not have enough to rank. Compare its schools on their Ofsted reports and, where results are published, the figures shown against each school on this page.
How many towns are in the Luton local authority?
OfferDay groups the Luton schools across two towns, listed in the schools-by-town section on this page. Any school with no town recorded in the national register is listed separately, grouped by phase, so every school in the local authority is reachable.

School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. Information on this page was last updated on 24 July 2026.