The Chalk Hills Academy
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–18 · Luton
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.330 miles
Published by Luton Borough Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
The Chalk Hills Academy is a secondary school in Luton for ages 11–18 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 1 November 2023. Luton has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 to 2026 entry.
The Chalk Hills Academy catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 1.330 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Year 7 place in 2026 lived 1.330 miles away, the 2nd longest of 8 Luton secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was nearer the school than in 2025.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 308 first-choice applications for 290 offers; 277 offers went to first-choice families and 31 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- GCSE English and maths grade 5 or above in 2024/25: 45% of pupils (England 45%), 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Luton.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Luton schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Leagrave High St, Luton, LU4 0NE
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Luton
- Pupils on roll
- 1,644 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 34.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 1 November 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are safe and happy at The Chalk Hills Academy.”
- “Teachers have high expectations for their behaviour and learning.”
- “Pupils value the fact that there are plenty of adults who will listen to them.”
To improve
- “However, some teachers do not adapt their teaching precisely enough to fully meet the needs of all pupils.”
- “When this happens, pupils do not achieve as well as they should.”
- “However, a minority of teachers do not do this well enough.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 6 December 2023 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 45% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 45.7 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 308 first-preference applications, 290 offers in total, 277 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Luton.
- Challney High School for Girls 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Challney High School for Boys 0.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Lealands High School 1.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Lea Manor High School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Icknield High School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Denbigh High School 2.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- The Stockwood Park Academy 3.0 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Cardinal Newman Catholic School A Specialist Science College 3.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published