Challney High School for Boys & Community College. A specialist science college
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Working at Challney

Challney High School for Boys is a high-achieving, friendly and supportive school, strongly committed to the highest standards through continuous improvement.  We aim to provide rich educational experiences and high quality outcomes for all our pupils and excellent professional development opportunities for our staff. This is reflected in our core value statement "High achievement and access for all are our shared responsibilities."

If you are an adult who wants to make a visible difference to the lives of young people who value education but do not always have advantaged starting points, you will find working in our school a rich and fulfilling experience. In short, staff at Challney strive to:

  • actively engage with children's learning as well as with teaching,
  • have a relentless focus on individual achievement in its widest sense.
  • continually reflect on and develop their own practice. 

Latest News

Challney High School for Boys is one of the first teaching schools in the country

05/09/2011

Challney High School for Boys in Luton has become one of the first in the country to be selected for an important new role aimed at further raising standards.
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Challney celebrates its best ever GCSE results (2011)

05/09/2011

25 August 2011 - Along with our partner school, Denbigh High School, here at Challney we are celebrating our best set of GCSE results to date.
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Challney Boys Acquires Academy Status With Effect From 01/04/2011

01/04/2011

Challney Boys is pleased to announce that it has acquired academy status with effect from 01/04/2011.
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Change to academy status

10/02/2011

In the Queen's speech the Government announced its intention to allow more schools to benefit from academy freedoms and its aim to open up the academies programme to schools currently rated outstanding by Ofsted.
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Further recognition for Challney

16/11/2010

The Specialist School and Academies Trust presented Challney Boys with a special award for being placed in the top nine schools for the progress made by its Year 11 students.
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Excellence in English

16/11/2010

Five of our students received the prestigious Ludlow Award for outstanding achievement in English
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Culinary skills

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