Lea Manor High School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · 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 🔒
Lea Manor High School is a secondary school in Luton for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Luton has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 to 2026 entry.
Lea Manor 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
- In Year 7 2026 there were 101 first-choice applications for 154 offers: 0.7 first choices per offer, the 2nd lowest of 13 Luton secondary schools.
- Every first-choice family was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, and 53 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 29% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths in 2024/25 (England 45%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Luton.
- The school has 14.4 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 17.6 across 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
- Northwell Drive, Luton, LU3 3TL
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Luton
- Pupils on roll
- 916 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 45.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 20 January 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud of what they know and can do.”
- “The high quality of their work reflects how much they enjoy learning.”
- “Pupils benefit from strong, trusting relationships with their teachers.”
To improve
- “In the past, pupils did not experience a high-quality curriculum or consistently strong teaching.”
- “As a result, some older pupils have gaps in their learning, which has led to weaker outcomes in national examinations for many pupils.”
- “In the past, pupils did not experience an ambitious or consistently well-taught curriculum.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 March 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) | 29% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 36.3 | 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: 101 first-preference applications, 154 offers in total, 101 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.
- Lealands High School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Cardinal Newman Catholic School A Specialist Science College 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Icknield High School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Challney High School for Girls 1.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Challney High School for Boys 1.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Denbigh High School 2.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Stopsley High School 2.3 mi Good Last distance published
- The Chalk Hills Academy 2.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published