Icknield High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Luton
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
0.852 miles
Published by Luton Borough Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Icknield High School is a secondary school in Luton for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 14 February 2024. Luton has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 to 2026 entry.
Icknield 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 | 0.852 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
- For Year 7 entry in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 0.852 miles away, the 3rd shortest of 8 Luton secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The Year 7 last distance offered in 2026 was nearer the school than in 2025.
- For Year 7 entry in 2026, there were 238 first-choice applications for 292 offers; 222 went to first-choice families and 16 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 58% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the highest 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
- Riddy Lane, Luton, LU3 2AH
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Luton
- Pupils on roll
- 1,452 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 27.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 14 February 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud of their school.”
- “They value the opportunities the school offers to learn about themselves, their community and the wider world.”
- “Pupils have a positive approach to learning.”
To improve
- “However, in some lessons across the curriculum, teachers do not provide sufficient opportunities for pupils to discuss what they are studying.”
- “As a result, pupils do not get enough meaningful chances to articulate or debate what they have been taught.”
- “This can hinder the depth of understanding they acquire in these aspects of the curriculum.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 March 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) | 58% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 49.4 | 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: 238 first-preference applications, 292 offers in total, 222 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.
- Cardinal Newman Catholic School A Specialist Science College 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Stopsley High School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Denbigh High School 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Lea Manor High School 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Challney High School for Girls 1.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Challney High School for Boys 1.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Lealands High School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Putteridge High School 2.0 mi Improved significantly Last distance published