Stopsley High School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Luton
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Luton Borough Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Stopsley High School is a secondary school in Luton for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 13 September 2022. Luton has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 to 2026 entry.
Stopsley 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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 every applicant was offered a place, as at 4 of the 12 other Luton secondary schools with a published outcome.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 104 first-choice applications for 200 offers, which is 0.5 first choices per offer, the lowest of 13 Luton secondary schools.
- 2024/25: 38% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 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
- St Thomas's Road, Luton, LU2 7UX
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Luton
- Pupils on roll
- 1,046 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 32.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 13 September 2022
Strengths
- “Each day, pupils arrive at school feeling safe, supported and ready to learn.”
- “They are supported throughout their time at Stopsley High School.”
- “Their journey begins with thoughtful transitions from primary school and continues with excellent preparation for their next steps.”
To improve
- “This work is improving pupils’ access to the curriculum, although this is not yet consistently reflected in outcomes across all groups.”
- “These approaches help pupils to access learning, although the impact on outcomes varies.”
- “However, differences between disadvantaged pupils and their peers, while diminishing, are not yet fully closed.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 8 September 2026 (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) | 38% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 42.3 | 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: 104 first-preference applications, 200 offers in total, 104 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.
- Icknield High School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Denbigh High School 1.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Putteridge High School 1.1 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Queen Elizabeth School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Cardinal Newman Catholic School A Specialist Science College 1.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Chiltern Academy 2.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Lea Manor High School 2.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Stockwood Park Academy 2.6 mi Not judged Last distance published