Putteridge High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Luton
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.329 miles
Published by Luton Borough Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Putteridge High School is a secondary school in Luton for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Improved significantly, from the inspection on 20 November 2024. Luton has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 to 2026 entry.
Putteridge 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 | 1.329 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 in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.329 miles away, the 3rd longest of 8 Luton secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The Year 7 last distance in 2026 was nearer the school than in 2025.
- In 2026, Year 7 had 274 first-choice applications for 234 offers; 221 offers went to first-choice families and 53 first-choice families (19%) were not offered a place.
- Grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths, 2024/25: 46% (England 45%), the 4th 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
- Putteridge Road, Luton, LU2 8HJ
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Luton
- Pupils on roll
- 1,193 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 21.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Improved significantly Inspected 20 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils flourish at this school.”
- “They experience a high quality of education.”
- “They meet leaders’ exceptionally high expectations for their learning, personal development and behaviour.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 December 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) | 46% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 49.2 | 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: 274 first-preference applications, 234 offers in total, 221 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.
- Queen Elizabeth School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Stopsley High School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Icknield High School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Cardinal Newman Catholic School A Specialist Science College 2.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Denbigh High School 2.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Chiltern Academy 2.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Lea Manor High School 3.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Stockwood Park Academy 3.4 mi Not judged Last distance published