Admissions

Introduction

Challney High School for Girls is part of the Chiltern Learning Trust, who is responsible for consulting on and determining our admission arrangements. Luton Borough Council process admission applications on our behalf, please complete the required application form available by clicking here or telephone the Admissions Helpline: 01582 548016.

Current Admission Arrangements for 2024/2025

Please see below for our Admission Arrangements for in-year admissions and for the upcoming intakes into Year 7 in September 2024 and 2025.

In-year Admissions

Please apply to Luton Borough Council’s Admissions Team if you would like a place at Challney High School for Girls this academic year in year groups 7 -11.

Should there be more applications than places available, the following criteria will be used to allocate places. In accordance with the Education Act 1996, children with a Statement of SEN or an EHC Plan are required to be admitted to the school named in the Statement/Plan.

The determined admission arrangements for each of the schools in the Chiltern Learning Trust are detailed in this document which apply to all applications received for September 2023 onwards (academic year 2023/24). Places will be allocated using the criteria below for the following schools:

• Challney High School for Boys, Luton
• Challney High School for Girls, Luton
• Dallow Primary School, Luton
• Denbigh High School, Luton
• Putteridge High School

Please note: For applications to either Challney High School for Boys or Challney High School for Girls, the sibling criterion will apply to siblings of pupils attending either school.

Please see Luton Admissions Team, In Year School Transfer Guide for more information and the definitions for each criterion, available by clicking here which will take you to the relevant web page.

Determination of Admission Arrangements from September 2025

If you would like your daughter to be considered for a place at Challney High School for Girls for the new intake into Year 7 in September 2025, please apply via your home local authority for a place (i.e. if you live in Luton, please apply to Luton Borough Council).

The national closing date for secondary school applications is 31st October 2024 for the September 2025 Year 7 intake. For details of Challney High School for Girls admission arrangements for September 2025 please click here.

We take pride in being a very welcoming and inclusive school to all new members of our school community. If you are a parent of a student of secondary age (11-16) and you want to know more about what it would be like to be part of our community, you are very welcome to make an appointment to look around our school.

It is always a pleasure to show visitors around. Once you have decided that Challney High School for Girls is the right school for your child, you will then need to make an application to the Luton Borough Council’s School Admissions Team. They can be contacted on: 01582 548016 or click here to go to the admissions website.

As soon as we receive your application from the Local Authority we will arrange a start date for your daughter. We are conscious of how difficult it can be to be ‘the new student’ in school and we therefore introduce new students gradually into the school and always ensure that they have a ‘buddy’ to take care of them whilst they find their feet. Throughout the whole process you, as a family, will have the support of your child's Form Tutor, Assistant Head of Year and Head of Year. They will do everything they can to ensure that a mid-year transfer to Challney High School for Girls is as smooth and successful as possible.

To view the catchment area for Challney High School for Girls, please click here.

Admission Arrangements with effect from September 2023

Admission Arrangements with effect from September 2024