Lea Manor High School

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, 101 families put this school as their first choice, and 154 places were offered. 101 of the families who put it first got a place (100%).

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

Report card, 20 January 2026. Ofsted now grades each area separately, from exceptional to urgent improvement, with no single overall grade.

Inclusion

Strong standard

Curriculum and teaching

Strong standard

Achievement

Needs attention

Attendance and behaviour

Strong standard

Personal development and wellbeing

Expected standard

Leadership and governance

Strong standard

Safeguarding standards: met.

Previous inspection, 29 June 2021. Overall: Inadequate It was inspected as Lea Manor High School Performing Arts College, before the school changed (for example, became an academy).

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

916 (capacity 1200)

Gender

Mixed

Academy trust

CHILTERN LEARNING TRUST

Phone

01582652600

Address

Northwell Drive, Luton, LU3 3TL

Website

leamanorhighschool.org

Official school record, including Ofsted reports