Lealands High School
Secondary · Foundation school · Mixed · Luton
Sundon Park Road, Luton, LU3 3AL
62
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
Good
Graded 04/05/2023
Application demand
99%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
93.2%
19.2% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,025
Capacity used
Nearly full98%
1,050 places
GCSE rank (England)
—
KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
99%
1st preference success rate
173 of 175 families who put it first got an offer
198
Places offered
385
Total applications
1.9
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 175 | 173 | ● 99% |
| 2nd preference | 132 | 19 | ● 14% |
| 3rd preference | 78 | 6 | ● 8% |
| Total | 385 | 198 | 51% |
1st preference success by year
Luton lets families list 3 preferences. Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Samuel Ward
- Address
- Sundon Park Road, Luton, LU3 3AL
- Phone
- 01582611600
- Local authority
- Luton
- Ward / constituency
- Sundon Park · Luton North
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 109686
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 37% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 22% | — | — |
| SEN support | 17% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
1,025 pupils · 1,050 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 23
04 May 2023
Full graded inspection
Good overall effectivenessPersonal development Good Quality of education Good Safeguarding effective Yes Behaviour and attitudes Good Leadership and management Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,063 pupils
Attendance
93.2%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
6.8%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
19.2%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
1.4%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
2.9%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 43.4 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | -0.04 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 39% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 66% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 3.79 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 44.3 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 33.7% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 59.1% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 40.9% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.08 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 193 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.