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Schools in Luton
This page shows schools in this area ranked on the basis of their "value added" measures from Key Stage 2 to GCSE.

The measure compares pupils' exam performances with the middle performance of other pupils nationally who had similar prior attainment.

It is based around 1000. The top 5% had a score of 1056.6 and above - the best being 1099.8. Smaller schools, with fewer than 30 students taking the exams, are not ranked.

Click on the name of any school to go to its individual page in the main tables.

Click the Name column for an alphabetical list or on GCSE or A/AS to sort schools on those results.

In the GCSE columns:

  • the Old measure is the percentage of pupils who gained at least five GCSEs at grades A*-C or the equivalent
  • the New measure is the percentage of pupils who gained at least five GCSEs at grades A*-C or the equivalent including English and maths GCSEs
Click here for a fuller explanation of the figures.

SORT BY NAME SORT BY GCSE (%) SORT BY SCORE
Institution Old New VA A/AS
Challney High School for Girls 45 28 1035.6 NA
Icknield High School 71 53 1025.8 NA
Denbigh High School 56 40 1025.1 NA
Challney High School for Boys and Community College 40 23 1011.1 NA
Cardinal Newman Catholic School A Specialist Science College 61 42 999.7 208.3
Stopsley High School 47 39 989.5 NA
Lealands High School 48 38 985.7 NA
Putteridge High School 34 29 961.9 NA
South Luton High School 33 14 952.2 NA
Ashcroft High School 27 22 951.2 NA
Lea Manor High School 38 27 948.7 NA
Halyard High School 18 15 921 NA
English secondary schools 2004

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Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland do not publish tables.

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