Lea Manor High School Performing Arts College

State-Funded School

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East of EnglandRegion

LutonLocal Authority

Luton NorthConstituency

LU3 3TLPostcode

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Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Lea Manor High School Performing Arts College is a state-funded secondary for pupils aged 11–16, located in Luton, East of England.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 916 pupils. Lea Manor High School Performing Arts College is part of Chiltern Learning Trust.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 20 Jan 2026 · published 15 Mar 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

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

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Inadequate

Quality ofeducation

Inadequate

Personaldevelopment

Requires improvement

Behaviour &attitudes

Inadequate

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against secondary schools in England · 2024-25

Attainment 8: 36.3
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 29.3%
EBacc average point score: 3.31

Ethnicity

White

29%

Asian

45%

Black

14%

Mixed

10%

Chinese

<1%

Any other group

Unclassified

Pupils

916

Total Pupils

49%Boys

51%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

45%

England average

27%

First language not English

27%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Secondary
Age range: 11 – 16
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 916
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: Chiltern Learning Trust

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
6 Jan 2022	Inadequate	Inadequate	Requires improvement	Inadequate	Inadequate

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.