Challney High School for Girls
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary
- Ofsted rating
- Outstanding Jan 15 2020 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Girls
- Age range
- 11 - 16 y.o.
- Type
- Academies
- Funding
- State-funded secondary
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Local authority
- Luton
- Unique reference
- 144312
- Address
- Addington Way, LU4 9FJ
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 1042 (100% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 0.0%
- Girls
- 100.0%
- First language not English
- 85%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 25.4%
- Persistent absence
- 23.0%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 11.4%
Pakistani 61.7%
Other Asian 15.6%
Bangladeshi 11.9%
Mixed 3%
Other 2.3%
Indian 1.9%
Unclassified 0.9%
Other Black 0.8%
Other White 0.5%
Caribbean 0.5%
African 0.4%
White British 0.3%
Chinese 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- 0.93
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- 0.11
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 29%
Local authority average 42%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 52%
Local authority average 44%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 51.1
Local authority average 44.5
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 4.21
Local authority average 3.92
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Arabic | GCSE | 2 |
Art & Design (Fine Art) | GCSE | 24 |
Art & Design (Textiles) | GCSE | 13 |
Biology | GCSE | 31 |
Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 104 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 30 |
Computer Studies/Computing | GCSE | 14 |
Economics | GCSE | 30 |
English Language | GCSE | 203 |
English Literature | GCSE | 202 |
Admissions
Challney High School for Girls
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 203
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 228
- 2nd preference
- 101
- 3rd preference
- 98
- From another Local Authority
- 1
Offers
- 1st preference
- 182
- 2nd preference
- 17
- 3rd preference
- 4
- To another Local Authority
- 0
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 24.7 |
Cohort sizes
Class type | Total Boys Girls |
---|---|
Year 7 | 208 0 208 |
Year 8 | 210 0 210 |
Year 9 | 209 0 209 |
Year 10 | 208 0 208 |
Year 11 | 207 0 207 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
---|---|
Staying in education | 96.0% 88.9% 85.6% |
Further education | 20.0% 27.2% 35.4% |
School sixth form | 5.0% 14.3% 36.6% |
Sixth form college | 71.0% 47.3% 13.0% |
Other education destinations | 0.0% 0.1% 0.5% |
Entering employment | 0.0% 2.6% 4.1% |
Entering apprenticeships | 1.0% 0.9% 3.2% |
Not in education or employment | 1.0% 5.8% 5.9% |
Destination unknown | 2.0% 1.8% 1.2% |