Challney High School for Girls

Term dates

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Admissions

Places for Year 7 are applied for through your home council, not the school.

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How places are given: there's no entrance test. When there are more applicants than places, places usually go by criteria such as siblings, distance or catchment area. Check the council's or school's admissions policy for the exact rules.

How many families applied: Year 7

For September 2026, 233 families put this school as their first choice, and 219 places were offered. 198 of the families who put it first got a place (85%). More families put it first than there were places.

Offers made on national offer day, from the Department for Education. Waiting lists and appeals can change things later. The hardest schools to get into.

Ofsted inspection

Latest graded inspection, 14 January 2020. Overall: Outstanding

Quality of education

Outstanding

Behaviour and attitudes

Outstanding

Personal development

Outstanding

Leadership and management

Outstanding

Short (ungraded) inspection, 26 March 2025: Standards maintained.

Read the Ofsted reports

From Ofsted's published inspection data (Open Government Licence). Report cards and older grades use different scales, so they can't be compared directly.

About and location

Type

Academy

Phase

Secondary

Ages

11–16

Pupils

1062 (capacity 1064)

Gender

Girls

Academy trust

CHILTERN LEARNING TRUST

Phone

01582571427

Address

Addington Way, Luton, LU4 9FJ

Website

challneygirls.luton.sch.uk

Official school record, including Ofsted reports