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The Stockwood Park Academy

Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Mixed · Luton

Rotheram Avenue, Luton, LU1 5PP

Website 01582722333

52

headline score

Ranking (England)

—

No ranked results

Ofsted

Not judged

Graded 03/12/2024

Application demand

100%

1st preference success · Not oversubscribed

Attendance

89.9%

34.3% persistently absent

Above averageAround averageBelow averagecompared with the England average for state-funded schools.

At a glance

Pupils on roll

1,438

Capacity used

Nearly full

99%

1,450 places

GCSE rank (England)

—

KS2 rank (England)

—

Application demand

Secondary entry · official council applications and offers

Not oversubscribed

100%

1st preference success rate

178 of 178 families who put it first got an offer

282

Places offered

346

Total applications

1.2

Applications per place

Preference (Sept 2025 entry)ApplicationsOffersSuccess
1st preference178178● 100%
2nd preference9729● 30%
3rd preference7117● 24%
Total34622465%

1st preference success by year

100%
2020
100%
2021
100%
2022
100%
2023
100%
2024
100%
2025

Luton lets families list 3 preferences. 1 applications came from outside the council area (1 offered). 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
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
Age range
11–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Sixth form
Yes
Boarding
No boarders
Headteacher
Mumin Humayun
Address
Rotheram Avenue, Luton, LU1 5PP
Phone
01582722333
Local authority
Luton
Ward / constituency
Farley · Luton South and South Bedfordshire
Area
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
135338

Pupils

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Free school meals41%——
English as additional language62%——
SEN support15%——
50% boys (714)50% girls (724)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)

1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.

Academy trust: ADVANTAGE SCHOOLS

1,438 pupils · 1,450 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

  1. 24

    03 December 2024

    Full graded inspection

    Not judged overall effectiveness
    Sixth formGood
    Personal developmentGood
    Quality of educationGood
    Safeguarding effectiveYes
    Behaviour and attitudesGood
    Leadership and managementGood
View all Ofsted reports

Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 1,474 pupils

Attendance

89.9%

Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%

Overall absence

10.1%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%

Persistent absence

34.3%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%

Severe absence

2.2%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

3.8%

Absences the school didn't approve

Persistent absence by year

20%
20/21
37%
21/22
43%
22/23
35%
23/24
34%
24/25

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

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Attainment 8 score36.2——
Progress 8 score-0.21—0.00
Grade 5+ in English & maths23%——
Grade 4+ in English & maths45%——
EBacc average point score3.23——

Progress 8 band

Well below
5% of schools
Below
26% of schools
Average
43% of schools
Above
21% of schools
Well above
5% of schools

A-level results

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Average points per entry26.67——

Average grade: C- (England B-)

GCSE results over time

38201936.5202237202336.2202435.92025

Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

ResultSchoolEngland (approx.)
Attainment 835.946
Grade 5+ English & maths20.7%46%
Grade 4+ English & maths42.8%65%
Entering EBacc26.2%40%
EBacc average point score3.174.1
Pupils in cohort271—

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.

Disadvantaged pupils
-0.29
Other pupils
-0.15
Low prior attainers
+0.11
Middle prior attainers
-0.31
High prior attainers
-0.87
Girls
-0.06
Boys
-0.37

A-level results over time

33.17201927.1202222.2202326.67202429.232025

Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

ResultSchoolEngland (approx.)
Average points per entry29.2335
Average gradeC—
A-level students21—

Results by subject

Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.

GCSE

Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.

SubjectEntriesGrade 7+Grade 5+Grade 4+
English Literature2687%34%58%
Mathematics2678%27%49%
English Language2677%30%51%
Combined Science2372%19%43%
Religious Studies2349%36%49%
Geography1462%12%25%
History11311%40%48%
Social Studies612%26%46%
Art and Design5910%19%31%
Business544%19%31%
French3514%34%40%
Spanish3424%47%74%

A level

SubjectEntriesA*A*–AA*–B
Sociology90%11%33%
Biology80%13%38%
Geography40%0%0%
Psychology30%0%0%
Religious Studies30%0%0%
Law20%0%0%
History20%0%0%
Chemistry20%0%0%
Media / Film / TV Studies20%0%0%
Urdu10%0%0%
Persian10%0%0%
Russian10%0%0%

Oxbridge

Cambridge offers by year

Ranked #361 of 1,824 UK schools with Cambridge offers2

UCAS apply centre 18826: The Stockwood Park Academy

Cambridge admissions12023
Applications<3
Offers<3
Success rate—
Accepted offers<3

1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).

2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.

Where students go next

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Higher education (university)53%——
Apprenticeships9%——
Any education or training54%——

Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.

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Key application dates

National deadlines in England. Apply through Luton council, not the school.

EntryDeadlineOffer day
Year 7 (secondary)31 October1 March (or next working day)

Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.

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.