Denbigh High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Luton
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.490 miles
Published by Luton Borough Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Denbigh High School is a secondary school in Luton for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Outstanding, from the inspection on 5 December 2023. Luton has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 to 2026 entry.
Denbigh High School 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 | 0.490 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
- In 2026, Year 7 had 426 first-choice applications for 208 offers; 204 offers went to first-choice families, and 222 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2026, the last Year 7 child offered a place lived 0.490 miles from the school, the shortest of 8 Luton secondary schools with a published last distance.
- In 2024/25, 56% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 52.6 (England 46).
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
- Alexandra Avenue, Luton, LU3 1HE
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Luton
- Pupils on roll
- 1,130 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 33.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Outstanding Inspected 5 December 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are very proud to attend Denbigh High School.”
- “They appreciate that teachers have high expectations of them and want them to be the best they can be.”
- “The curriculum is highly ambitious for all pupils to succeed.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 January 2024 (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) | 56% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 52.6 | 46 |
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: 426 first-preference applications, 208 offers in total, 204 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.
- Stopsley High School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Icknield High School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- The Stockwood Park Academy 1.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Chiltern Academy 1.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Queen Elizabeth School 1.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Challney High School for Boys 1.8 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Challney High School for Girls 1.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Cardinal Newman Catholic School A Specialist Science College 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published