The Stockwood Park Academy, Luton

From the headteacher's welcome: "Welcome to The Stockwood Park Academy - an outstanding learning community where we believe all students can achieve their very best and strive for excellence in everything they do. The academy is part of Advantage Schools - a family of schools, sharing our practice and beliefs to produce young people who achieve more that than they ever thought possible."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include dance, choir, cooking, debating and Duke of Edinburgh.

On phones, the school says: "🌟 📵 Our mobile phone-free school policy is now fully implemented and has been positively received."

In 2026, pupils at The Stockwood Park Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 36.9, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 46.5 in Luton and 47 across England.

28% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 46% in Luton and 47% in England.

That is up from 35.9 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.21: pupils made below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 33.3, against 39.4 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 6.1 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 27 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and History.

For September 2026 entry, 184 families put The Stockwood Park Academy as their first choice and 366 named it as one of their preferences, for 279 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state secondary schools to The Stockwood Park Academy are Chiltern Academy (1.5 miles, Good, Attainment 8 52.4); Denbigh High School (1.6 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 54.3); Challney High School for Boys (2.2 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 47.2); and Challney High School for Girls (2.4 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 51.5).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than The Stockwood Park Academy.

The Stockwood Park Academy is one of 10 schools run by Advantage Schools, an academy trust.

50 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about The Stockwood Park Academy (as of September 2025): 82% would recommend the school, 84% say their child is happy there and 67% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that the school has high expectations for their child (84%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (67%).

Of the 264 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 91% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 41% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 0% into work.

Of the 57 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 54% went on to university or other higher education, 5% to apprenticeships and 21% into work.

39.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), and 61.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Asian (53%), Black (12%) and White British (9%).

In 2026, 238 pupils (16.6%) received SEN support and 27 (1.9%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is a specific learning difficulty such as dyslexia.

The nearest railway station is Luton Rail Station, about 1.3 miles away in a straight line.

7 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Stockwood Park Academy (outside), 200 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood The Stockwood Park Academy stands in is among the 10% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In 2024/25, The Stockwood Park Academy issued 313 suspensions, 21.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 6 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to The Stockwood Park Academy are St Margaret of Scotland Catholic Primary School (0.2 miles), Farley Junior Academy (0.3 miles), Whipperley Infant Academy (0.5 miles) and Hillborough Infant and Nursery School (0.5 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.