SCHOOL PROFILE

Challney High School for Girls: data, trends and context

Challney High School for Girls is a secondary school in Luton. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
144312
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy converter
Status
Open
Local authority
Luton
Region
East of England
Trust
CHILTERN LEARNING TRUST
Postcode
LU4 9FJ
Gender intake
Girls
Religious character
Does not apply
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
1,062
FSM eligible
32.0%
EAL / First language other than English
78.1%
SEND (total)
11.0%
SEN Support
8.7%
EHCP
2.4%
White British
0.30%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
93.7%
Overall absence
6.3%
Persistent absence
14.7%
Severe absence
0.66%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
LutonLocal authority92.4%7.6%3.0%
East of EnglandRegion91.5%8.5%2.9%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
8.6%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
5.2%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.10%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
50.1
English & maths grade 5+
47.6%
English & maths grade 4+
72.3%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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Challney High School for Girls is a secondary school in Luton. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.