Chiltern Academy
Secondary · Free schools · Ages 11–16 · Luton
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.062 miles
Published by Luton Borough Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Chiltern Academy is a secondary school in Luton for ages 11–16 (free schools). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 2 February 2023. Luton has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 to 2026 entry.
Chiltern 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 | 1.062 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 1.062 miles away, the 4th shortest of 8 Luton secondary schools with a published last distance (this one included).
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance was about the same as in 2025.
- In 2026 Year 7 entry there were 272 first-choice applications for 228 offers: 204 offers went to first-choice families, and 68 first-choice families (25%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 48% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 49.5 (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
- Gipsy Lane, Luton, LU1 3GF
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Luton
- Pupils on roll
- 1,203 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 38.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.6
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 2 February 2023
Strengths
- “Chiltern Academy is an inclusive and respectful place in which to learn.”
- “Pupils are proud to be part of the school.”
- “When bullying does happen, staff deal with it quickly.”
To improve
- “However, this is not consistent across the school.”
- “As a result, gaps in pupils’ knowledge, and their misconceptions, are not routinely addressed.”
- “Therefore, some pupils do not achieve as well as they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 20 March 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) | 48% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 49.5 | 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: 272 first-preference applications, 228 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.
- Queen Elizabeth School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- The Stockwood Park Academy 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Denbigh High School 1.6 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Stopsley High School 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Putteridge High School 2.4 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Icknield High School 2.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Challney High School for Boys 3.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Challney High School for Girls 3.4 mi Standards maintained Last distance published