Challney High School for Boys is an 11 to 16 converter academy with approximately 1190 students located in Luton, Bedfordshire.

We are a highly successful school, deemed outstanding at our last inspection and with a long record of on-going improvements in student achievement.

Our effective CPD practice was awarded the TES ‘Outstanding Staff Training/Development Initiative’ in 2009 and the school was one of the first to receive the Investors in People Gold Award in December 2010.

We also have a long and successful history as the lead school for SCITT provision through the Chiltern Training Group (CTG) which was judged outstanding by Ofsted in April 2009 and again, in all categories, in 2014.

We became a national teaching school in the first cohort in September 2011 and have established a very successful cross-phase alliance (The Chiltern Teaching School Alliance) which has acquired a national reputation for joint practice development and specialist science provision with partner primary schools.

In 2013 we became part of The Chiltern Learning Trust which is a multi-academy trust comprising of Denbigh High School, Challney High School for Boys and Dallow Primary School.

WHY JOIN US?

Comprehensive induction programme
You will be given a comprehensive induction programme and we provide a supportive working environment.

Exceptional CPD and development opportunities
There are exceptional CPD and development opportunities through the Trust’s teaching school alliance and our family of schools.

Excellent geographic position
The school is in an excellent geographic position with easy transport links via the M1 and national rail networks - only 25 minutes by train to London, less than 2 hours to Brighton and Luton Airport is conveniently situated close to the Town centre.

Outstanding lifestyle opportunities
There are outstanding lifestyle opportunities, both locally and within easy reach. We are on the edge of the Chiltern Hills which also provides affordable urban or country living options in a variety of market towns or villages.

Students that are motivated and keen to learn
Our staff are highly valued, well supported and benefit from extremely positive pupil relationships and a calm and purposeful working environment.

These qualities are a central characteristic of our school and have been cultivated over many years through a whole school ethos that ensures that everyone works together to help one another succeed. Our core value statement ‘High achievement and access for all are our shared responsibilities’ reflects this ethos and is understood and embodied by every child and adult in the school.

A supportive local community
We have supportive parents and a local community that values the school most highly.

A long and distinguished track record
The school has a long and distinguished track record of achievement.

- Judged to be Outstanding by Ofsted
- Within the top 20% nationally for our value added performance
- Winner of the TES ‘Outstanding Staff Training/Development Initiative’
- We featured in the 2009 Ofsted reports Twelve Outstanding Secondary Schools: ‘Excelling against the Odds’ and ‘English at the Crossroads’.

To find out more about the school please visit our website: www.challneyboys.co.uk