Which school had the best GCSE results in Luton in 2022?

On 2022 Attainment 8, Denbigh High School topped the table in Luton with 55.7. Attainment 8 rewards intake as well as teaching, so compare a school's grade 5+ pass rate and, where published, its Progress 8 before reading the rank as a verdict.

Where are the latest Luton GCSE results?

This page is the 2022 archive (the 2021/22 academic year). The latest published results for every school in Luton are on the main Luton GCSE results page, which updates when the DfE releases the next year's performance tables: provisional figures in the autumn, revised figures early in the new year.

What is Attainment 8?

Attainment 8 is the DfE's headline GCSE measure: the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight qualifications, with English and maths counted twice. A score of 50 means pupils averaged roughly a grade 5 across those subjects. Progress 8 measures the same pupils against others nationally with the same primary-school starting point.

Why does a school in Luton show no 2022 GCSE results?

A school has no published figure for 2022 when it had no Year 11 cohort in that year (a new school, or one that opened with younger year groups), when it converted to an academy and the DfE published that year's results under its previous identity, or when it is independent and its pupils sat IGCSE, Pre-U or IB qualifications that the DfE tables do not count. Independent schools with a published figure are listed separately and unranked for that reason.

Luton GCSE results 2022: secondary school league table

12 state secondary schools in Luton ranked on their 2022 GCSE results (Attainment 8, the 2021/22 academic year), with grade 5+ and grade 4+ in English and maths, Progress 8, EBacc average point score and cohort size for each school. 2 schools with no published results are listed at the end. 2 independent schools with published results are listed separately, unranked.

This is the 2022 archive of the table. See the latest Luton GCSE results for the newest year the DfE has published.

Town 14 state secondary schools 2021/22 results Archive year

Secondary schools in Luton ranked on Attainment 8

12 of 14 schools have published 2022 results. Source: DfE school performance tables, 2021/22.

Secondary schools in Luton ranked on Attainment 8, 2022 results
Rank	School	Attainment 8	Progress 8	Grade 5+ English & maths	Grade 4+ English & maths	EBacc APS	Pupils
1	Denbigh High School Luton · Academy converter	55.7	+0.92 (0.73 to 1.11)	60%	76%	5.25	220
2	Challney High School for Girls Luton · Academy converter	53.8	+0.95 (0.75 to 1.15)	65%	76%	4.77	208
3	Challney High School for Boys Luton · Academy converter	52.6	+0.71 (0.52 to 0.89)	57%	74%	4.52	238
4	Icknield High School Luton · Academy converter	52.1	+0.67 (0.50 to 0.84)	59%	78%	4.57	287
5	Cardinal Newman Catholic School A Specialist Science College Luton · Academy converter	51.2	+0.19 (0.02 to 0.37)	53%	72%	4.73	261
6	Putteridge High School Luton · Academy converter	48.3	+0.10 (-0.11 to 0.32)	46%	61%	4.19	175
7	Queen Elizabeth School Luton · Foundation school	45.1	-0.21 (-0.39 to -0.02)	40%	61%	3.81	255
8	The Chalk Hills Academy Luton · Academy sponsor led	43.6	-0.37 (-0.55 to -0.19)	42%	63%	3.75	269
9	Lealands High School Luton · Foundation school	43.2	-0.22 (-0.43 to -0.02)	38%	63%	3.60	204
10	Stopsley High School Luton · Academy converter	42.6	-0.38 (-0.56 to -0.19)	46%	62%	3.47	245
11	Manshead Church of England Academy Luton · Academy sponsor led	39.2	-0.70 (-0.92 to -0.49)	24%	45%	3.21	174
12	The Stockwood Park Academy Luton · Academy sponsor led	36.5	-0.63 (-0.81 to -0.44)	29%	47%	3.14	255
–	Chiltern Academy Luton · Free schools · No published GCSE results for 2022	–	–	–	–	–	–
–	Lea Manor High School Luton · Academy sponsor led · No published GCSE results for 2022	–	–	–	–	–	–

Independent schools in Luton with published 2022 GCSE results

Listed as published, not ranked. The DfE tables count only reformed GCSEs, so a school whose pupils sit IGCSE, Pre-U or the IB reports a lower figure than its results merit, or none at all. Compare independent schools on their own published examination results and inspection reports.

School	Attainment 8 (as published)	Grade 5+ English & maths	Pupils
Bury Park Educational Institute (Al - Hikmah Secondary School) Luton · Other independent school	48.4	56%	57
Jamiatul Uloom Al - Islamia Luton · Other independent school	52.3	71%	17

How to read this table

Attainment 8 is the average points a school's pupils achieved across eight GCSE subjects: English and maths (double-weighted), three EBacc subjects (sciences, computing, history, geography, languages) and three further approved qualifications. The DfE publishes it for every state school.

Grade 5+ in English and maths is the share of pupils reaching a "strong pass" in both; grade 4+ is the "standard pass". EBacc APS is the average point score across the English Baccalaureate subjects, including pupils who did not enter them.

Progress 8 measures how much progress pupils made from the end of primary school to their GCSEs against pupils nationally with the same starting point; it is the like-for-like measure, and the range in brackets is its confidence interval.

Ranks are shared where scores tie. Schools are ranked here on published results alone; our composite score, which also weighs Ofsted inspection, progress and attendance, orders the same schools on the best secondary schools page.

This is the 2022 archive of the table: each school's 2022 figures, ranked within that year, so a school with no 2022 figure is listed unranked even where it has results for a later year. The main Luton GCSE results page always ranks the newest year the DfE has published.

See the best secondary schools in Luton on our composite score

Luton GCSE results 2022: secondary school league table

Secondary schools in Luton ranked on Attainment 8

Independent schools in Luton with published 2022 GCSE results

More about schools in Luton

Luton GCSE results: common questions