Denbigh High School, Luton

Denbigh High School

Motto	High achievement for all is our shared responsibility.
Type	Academy
Headteacher	Colin Townsend
Location	Alexandra Avenue Luton Bedfordshire LU3 1HE England Coordinates: 51°53′29″N 0°25′31″W / 51.89136°N 0.42530°W / 51.89136; -0.42530
DfE number	821/4104
DfE URN	136319 Tables
Ofsted	Reports Pre-academy reports
Students	1120
Gender	Coeducational
Ages	11–16
Website	www.denbighhigh.luton.sch.uk

Denbigh High School is an academy school in Luton, Bedfordshire, England with Colin Townsend as Headteacher^[1] following Dame Yasmin Bevan's retirement as Executive Principal and Headteacher at the end of 2014.^[2]

The school has approximately 1120 students between the ages of 11 and 16 and the school became an academy in 2010. Its partner school, Challney High School for Boys^[3] (also within Luton) became a National Teaching School in July 2011 and Denbigh High School is their strategic partner. As their partner and a lead member of the Challenge Partnership^[4] Denbigh High School plays a significant role in the training and professional development of teachers, support staff and headteachers from across the UK.

Denbigh High School is also an NCSL Leadership Development School^[5] and through this work it helps to develop future leaders. Before becoming an academy, the school was designated a specialist sports college in 2005, and with this came a major upgrade to many of the school’s facilities including a new sports hall, dance studio and artificial turf football pitch. Denbigh High School has a wide range of sporting facilities which are also open to the local community in the evening and at weekends.^[6]

Denbigh High School won the 'TES Secondary School of the Year Award’ in 2009^[7] and became an academy in 2010^[8] as well as becoming a strategic partner of Chiltern Teaching School Alliance, with Challney High School for Boys.^[9]

In 2013, Denbigh High School became part of The Chiltern Learning Trust which is a multi-academy trust comprising Denbigh High School, Challney High School for Boys and Dallow Primary School. The Trust is led by a Board of Trustees which consists of representatives from all three schools with Adrian Rogers as Chief Executive.^[10] Each school also has its own local governing body.

Controversies

The majority of the students are Muslim from a Pakistani or Bangladeshi origin. This was brought to national attention in 2005 as the result of a lawsuit over "excluding" a student (whether or not exclusion, as defined by educational guidelines, had occurred was a matter of debate in the House of Lords' decisions), Shabina Begum, who refused to wear the school uniform, instead opting for an Islamic dress. The House of Lords eventually ruled in the school's favour.^[11]

References

External links

http://www.denbighhigh.luton.sch.uk

Schools in Bedfordshire¹

Middle	Alban Ashton Beauchamp Etonbury Goldington Harrold St Gregory's RC Westfield

Secondary	All Saints Academy Ashcroft High School Bedford Academy Bedford Free School Biddenham International School Cardinal Newman RC School Castle Newnham School Cedars Upper School The Chalk Hills Academy Challney High School for Boys Challney High School for Girls Denbigh High School Harlington Upper School Hastingsbury Upper School Houghton Regis Academy Icknield High School Lealands High School Lea Manor High School Manshead School Mark Rutherford School Putteridge High School Queensbury Academy Redborne Upper School St Thomas More RC School Samuel Whitbread Academy Sandy Upper School Sharnbrook Upper School Stockwood Park Academy Stopsley High School Stratton Upper School The Studio School Luton UTC Central Bedfordshire Vandyke Upper School Wootton Upper School

Independent	Bedford Girls' School Bedford Modern School Bedford Preparatory School Bedford School Rabia School Rushmoor School St Andrew's School

Special	The Chiltern School Grange Academy Ivel Valley School Oak Bank School Ridgeway School St John's School Weatherfield Academy Woodlands Secondary School

Sixth form and FE colleges	Barnfield College Bedford College Central Bedfordshire College Kimberley College Luton Sixth Form College Shuttleworth College Stella Mann College

Former	Bedford High School Dame Alice Harpur School Dunstable Grammar School

¹includes schools in Bedford, Central Bedfordshire and Luton.

The town of Luton in Bedfordshire, England

Places within Luton	Barnfield Biscot Bramingham Bury Park Bushmead Butterfield Green Capability Green Challney Crawley Green Farley Hill Dallow High Town, Luton Hockwell Ring Icknield Leagrave Lewsey Limbury-cum-Biscot Marsh Farm New Town Northwell Putteridge Round Green Saints South ward Stopsley Sundon Park Warden Hills Wigmore

Amenities	Kenilworth Road (stadium) Luton Museum The Mall Luton Stockwood Discovery Centre Stockwood Park Wardown Park Waulud's Bank

Education	Ashcroft High School Barnfield College University of Bedfordshire Cardinal Newman RC School The Chalk Hills Academy Challney High School for Boys Challney High School for Girls Denbigh High School Icknield High School Lea Manor High School Lealands High School Luton Sixth Form College Putteridge High School Rabia School Stockwood Park Academy Stopsley High School The Studio School Luton Woodlands Secondary School

Media	BBC 3 Counties Radio Heart 97.6

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