Chiltern Academy

General Info

Education Phase: Secondary
Ofsted rating: Good Feb 2 2023 Ofsted report
Gender: Mixed
Age range: 11 - 16 y.o.
Type: Free Schools
Funding: State-funded secondary
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Religious Character: None
Sixth Form: Does not have a sixth form
Local authority: Luton
Unique reference: 145872
Address: Gipsy Lane, LU1 3GF
Website: https://www.chiltern-academy.co.uk/

Pupils

Number of Pupils: 1200 (96% of total capacity)
Boys: 54.3%
Girls: 45.7%
First language not English: 44.1%
Free school meals (FSM): 35.3%
Persistent absence: 22.3%
Special education needs (SEN): 9.8%

Pupil ethnicities

Other White 19.9%

Pakistani 17%

White British 14.2%

Mixed 11.1%

Bangladeshi 10.4%

Other Asian 5.3%

African 5.2%

Other 4.3%

Caribbean 4.1%

Indian 3.2%

Other Black 2.8%

Unclassified 1.3%

Chinese 0.8%

Gypsy/Roma 0.3%

Irish 0.2%

Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school: 0.64
Local authority average, state-funded schools: 0.11
England average, state-funded schools: -0.03

Entering EBacc

School 68%

Local authority average 42%

England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 65%

Local authority average 44%

England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 54.8

Local authority average 44.5

England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.19

Local authority average 3.92

England average 4.05

Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

Subject	Qualification	Number of entries
Music Studies (General)	Technical Award	14
Speech & Drama	Technical Award	7
Additional Mathematics FSMQ	Other General Qualification (Level 3)	13
Arabic	GCSE	1
Art & Design (Fine Art)	GCSE	22
Biology	GCSE	32
Business Studies:Single	GCSE	82
Chemistry	GCSE	32
Chinese	GCSE	1
Social Science: Citizenship	GCSE	37

Year 2022-2023

Admissions