Icknield High School
Secondary schoolIcknield High School is a secondary school in Luton, for pupils aged 11 to 16. It had 1,452 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Good (overall), February 2024
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 14 February 2024
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Icknield High School was 48.3, against 45.6 in Luton and 46.2 in England.
56.1% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Luton | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 48.3 | 45.6 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 56.1% | 45.3% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 72.3% | 63.8% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 285 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Icknield Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, March 2023. 68% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)450 m
- William Austin Infant SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, October 2024680 m
- Warden Hill Junior SchoolPrimary. Graded inspection, June 2025: no overall grade. 53% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)700 m
- William Austin Junior SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, November 2022. 71% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)720 m
- Warden Hill Infant AcademyPrimary. Requires improvement (overall), May 2024, before the school changed820 m
- Bushmead Primary & Nursery SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), May 2023. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)880 m
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Luton
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).