Challney High School for Boys
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary
- Ofsted rating
- Outstanding Nov 8 2023 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Boys
- Age range
- 11 - 16 y.o.
- Type
- Academies
- Funding
- State-funded secondary
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious Character
- None
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Local authority
- Luton
- Unique reference
- 136651
- Address
- Stoneygate Road, LU4 9TJ
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 1199 (99% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 100.0%
- Girls
- 0.0%
- First language not English
- 57.7%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 24.8%
- Persistent absence
- 20.9%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 8.5%
Pakistani 61.6%
Bangladeshi 13.2%
Other Asian 9%
Other 3.7%
Mixed 2.6%
African 2.6%
Indian 2.5%
Unclassified 2.2%
Other White 1.8%
White British 0.4%
Caribbean 0.3%
Other Black 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- 0.39
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- 0.11
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 41%
Local authority average 42%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 54%
Local authority average 44%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 46.7
Local authority average 44.5
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 3.94
Local authority average 3.92
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Sports Studies | Technical Award | 1 |
Small Business Management | Technical Award | 20 |
Art & Design (Fine Art) | GCSE | 21 |
Art & Design (Graphics) | GCSE | 44 |
Biology | GCSE | 39 |
Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 54 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 37 |
Social Science: Citizenship | GCSE | 26 |
Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 24 |
Applied Engineering | GCSE | 21 |
Admissions
Challney High School for Boys
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 236
- Status
- Not oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 213
- 2nd preference
- 113
- 3rd preference
- 81
- From another Local Authority
- 1
Offers
- 1st preference
- 195
- 2nd preference
- 34
- 3rd preference
- 7
- To another Local Authority
- 0
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 22.9 |
Cohort sizes
Class type | Total Boys Girls |
---|---|
Year 7 | 240 240 0 |
Year 8 | 242 242 0 |
Year 9 | 239 239 0 |
Year 10 | 237 237 0 |
Year 11 | 241 241 0 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
---|---|
Staying in education | 92.0% 90.4% 86.5% |
Further education | 15.0% 27.3% 34.7% |
School sixth form | 7.0% 12.6% 37.9% |
Sixth form college | 70.0% 49.7% 13.1% |
Other education destinations | 0.0% 0.8% 0.9% |
Entering employment | 1.0% 1.7% 3.9% |
Entering apprenticeships | 0.0% 1.2% 3.4% |
Not in education or employment | 6.0% 5.4% 5.2% |
Destination unknown | 2.0% 1.4% 1.0% |