Lea Manor High School

Lea Manor High School at a glance

Located in Luton, Lea Manor High School is a secondary school, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. The school educates roughly 994 pupils aged 11 to 16. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Inadequate' when it was last inspected in January 2026. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 36.3, below the national average of 46. That marks an improvement of 1.9 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

29% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well below the national average of about 45%. 50% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Lea Manor High School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 101 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 10.6%. There are about 17.0 pupils per teacher. The school serves a community with above-average levels of disadvantage: about 44% of pupils have been eligible for free school meals in the last six years, compared with roughly 24% nationally — useful context when reading the results above. If you are considering Lea Manor High School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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.