Denbigh High School

Academy converter·Secondary school Luton·LU3 1HE
Composite score
65.8
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National rank
#65
In East of England
#1
In Luton
Top 20%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
52.6
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
56%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
73%
% EBacc grade 5+
30%
EBacc average points score
4.87

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Outstanding
Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding effective?
Yes

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
48%
426 first choices, 208 places
First choices per place
2.05
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
1,007
any preference, for 208 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.28
00.511.522.5
1 per place
2.0920222.1020232.0020241.7720252.052026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Luton does not publish how far from the school the last child offered a Year 7 place lived, so there is no cut-off distance to show for Denbigh High School. Ask the school or the council how places were allocated this year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–16
Pupils on roll
1,123
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
31.3%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
82.5%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.9%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
4.3%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.9%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
15.1%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.4
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£8,005
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
94%
223 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
92%
Apprenticeship
1%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About Denbigh High School

Denbigh High School is a secondary school in Luton, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. Around 1,123 pupils aged 11 to 16 attend the school. The school holds an 'Outstanding' judgement from Ofsted. The school's average Attainment 8 score in the latest GCSE results was 52.6 — above the national average (national average: 46). Its Attainment 8 score has fallen by 2.8 points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 20% of secondary schools nationally.

56% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, above the national average of about 45%. 73% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Denbigh High School is oversubscribed: about 5 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, with 426 first choices for 208 places. After Year 11, 94% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 5.9%. There are about 15.4 pupils per teacher. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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