Secondary
Cardinal Newman Catholic School A Specialist Science College
Warden Hill Road, Luton, LU2 7AE
Key facts
- Phase
- Secondary
- Type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Intake
- Mixed
- Pupils
- 1655 of 1400 places
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.9
- Local authority
- Luton
- Religious character
- Yes
- Sixth form
- Yes
- SEN provision
- VI - Visual Impairment, ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Trust
- ST THOMAS CATHOLIC ACADEMIES TRUST
- Diocese
- Diocese of Northampton
Staffing23/24
- Teachers (FTE)
- 102.0
- All staff (FTE)
- 159.9
- Pupils per adult
- 10.1
- Pupils
- 1,623
Staff are counted as full-time equivalents in the November school workforce census, so the pupil figure here is that census’s own and will differ a little from the roll above, which is counted in January.
Ofsted
Last inspected May 2024
Good
An ungraded inspection, which checks whether a school remains at its previous grade rather than re-grading it. Inspected under the previous framework, which used its own four-point scale. Ofsted now publishes a report card grading several areas separately, so these grades are not directly comparable with a recent inspection’s.
Read the full Ofsted report (opens in a new tab)GCSE results
46%
4 points above the Luton average (42% across 14 schools)
50.0
4.6 above the Luton average (45.4 across 14 schools)
5th of 14 by our score, among the secondary schools in Luton we can score - 18 in total, the rest without enough published data. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.
All published measures2024/2025
| Measure | Result |
|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 50 |
| EBacc average point score | 4.68 |
| Entered the EBacc | 82% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 70% |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 46% |
| A level average points per entry | 36.06 |
| A level students | 111 |
From the Department for Education. Measures are published per year and suppressed where a cohort is too small, so some schools show fewer. There are no results for 2019/20 or 2020/21, when exams and assessments were cancelled.
Results over time4 years
Each measure on its own scale, over every year we hold.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 53% |
| 22/23 | 48% |
| 23/24 | 47% |
| 24/25 | 46% |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 34.0 |
| 22/23 | 29.0 |
| 23/24 | 33.6 |
| 24/25 | 36.1 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | +0.19 |
| 22/23 | +0.29 |
| 23/24 | +0.38 |
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 21/22 | 51.2 |
| 22/23 | 49.5 |
| 23/24 | 48.5 |
| 24/25 | 50.0 |
Warden Hill Road, Luton, LU2 7AE
Admissions
How to apply (opens in a new tab)
You apply through your council, not the school - even for academies and free schools. Applications close on 31 October, the year before starting.
Luton admissions (opens in a new tab)
The council publishes the oversubscription criteria and last year’s offer distances, which is the closest thing to knowing your chances.
If you are refused a place (opens in a new tab)
You can appeal, and you can join a waiting list at the same time. Accept whatever offer you get first - declining it can leave you with no place at all.
This school’s own admissions (opens in a new tab)
Schools that set their own criteria - faith schools, grammars, academies - publish them on their own site.
Contact
- Headteacher
- Helen Fay
- Address
- Warden Hill Road, Luton, LU2 7AE
- Telephone
- 01582597125