Lea Manor High School
Northwell Drive, Luton, LU3 3TL
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- CHILTERN LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Ms Jessantha Pather
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Chiltern Learning Trust
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Luton North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,200
- Pupils on roll
- 916
- URN
- 149208
- Local authority
- Luton
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01582652600
About this school
Lea Manor High School is a secondary academy in Luton. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 916 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Lea Manor High School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Strong standard
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Strong standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 227 | 205 |
| Attainment 8 score | 34.4 | 36.3 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.98 -1.17 to -0.78 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 26.4% | 29.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 47.1% | 50.2% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 7.9% | 41% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.0 | 3.3 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Lea Manor High School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Luton average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | — | 41.8 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 34.4 | 42.9 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 36.3 | 43.3 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | — | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 10.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 1,040 |
| 2024/25 | 994 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Lea Manor High School compares
Lea Manor High School ranked 12th of 13 secondary schools in Luton for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 29% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 9% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 36.3 | 9.5% | 43.7% | 916 | — |
| Lealands High School | 44.3 | 6.8% | 35% | 1,025 | 0.8 miles |
| Cardinal Newman Catholic School A Specialist Science College | 50 | 6.6% | 18.8% | 1,655 | 1.2 miles |
| Icknield High School | 49.4 | 7.6% | 26.3% | 1,452 | 1.3 miles |
| Challney High School for Girls | 50.1 | 6.3% | 30.3% | 1,062 | 1.6 miles |
| Challney High School for Boys | 47.7 | 7% | 28.4% | 1,197 | 1.9 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
-
Graded inspection report20 January 2026
- 29 June 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 43.66%
- English as an additional language
- 35.8%
- Overall absence
- 9.51%
- Persistent absence
- 31.36%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Lealands High School0.8 miles
Secondary · Luton
-
Cardinal Newman Catholic School A Specialist Science College1.2 miles
Secondary · Luton
-
Icknield High School1.3 miles
Secondary · Luton
-
Challney High School for Girls1.6 miles
Secondary · Luton
-
Challney High School for Boys1.9 miles
Secondary · Luton
Other schools in Luton
Lea Manor High School ranks 13th of the 14 ranked secondary schools in Luton.
- Cardinal Newman Catholic School A Specialist Science College Secondary
- Challney High School for Boys Secondary
- Challney High School for Girls Secondary
- Chiltern Academy Secondary
- Denbigh High School Secondary
- Icknield High School Secondary
- Lealands High School Secondary
- Manshead Church of England Academy Secondary
- Putteridge High School Secondary
- Queen Elizabeth School Secondary
- Stopsley High School Secondary
- The Chalk Hills Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Lea Manor High School teach?
- Lea Manor High School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Luton.
- Who is the headteacher of Lea Manor High School?
- The headteacher of Lea Manor High School is Ms Jessantha Pather, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Lea Manor High School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Lea Manor High School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How many pupils are at Lea Manor High School?
- Lea Manor High School has 916 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Lea Manor High School full?
- Lea Manor High School has capacity for 1,200 pupils and 916 on roll (76%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Lea Manor High School a faith school?
- No. Lea Manor High School has no designated religious character.
- Is Lea Manor High School a selective school?
- No. Lea Manor High School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Is Lea Manor High School part of an academy trust?
- Lea Manor High School is part of CHILTERN LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Lea Manor High School have?
- The schools register lists Lea Manor High School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Lea Manor High School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 34.4 in 2023/24 and 36.3 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Lea Manor High School compare with other schools in Luton?
- Lea Manor High School ranked 12th of 13 secondary schools in Luton for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 29% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 9% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Lea Manor High School's absence rate?
- Lea Manor High School's overall absence rate is 9.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Lea Manor High School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Lea Manor High School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
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. This page was last updated on 10 July 2026.