Academies and free schools

The governing bodies are responsible for admission and appeal arrangements. The policies for each of the listed academies are at the bottom of the page.

Academies

• Cardinal Newman (part of the St Alban Catholic Academies Trust)
• Challney High School for Boys (part of the Chiltern Learning Trust)
• Challney High School for Girls (part of the Chiltern Learning Trust)
• Chalk Hills Academy (part of the Advantage Schools Trust)
• Chantry Primary Academy (part of the Pioneer Learning Trust)
• Chiltern Academy (part of the Chiltern Learning Trust)
• Dallow Primary (part of the Chiltern Learning Trust)
• Denbigh High School (part of the Chiltern Learning Trust)
• Farley Junior Academy
• Ferrars Academy
• Ferrars Junior School (part of the Pioneer Learning Trust)
• Icknield High School
• Linden Academy (part of the Advantage Schools Trust)
• Putteridge High School (part of the Chiltern Learning Trust)
• River Bank Primary School
• Sacred Heart Primary School (part of St Thomas Catholic Academies Trust)
• Southfield Primary Academy (part of the Pioneer Learning Trust)
• St Margaret of Scotland (part of St Thomas Catholic Academies Trust)
• St Martin de Porres (part of St Thomas Catholic Academies Trust)
• Stockwood Park Academy (part of the Advantage Schools Trust)
• Stopsley High School
• Tennyson Road Primary School
• Warden Hill Infant Academy
• Wenlock Junior Academy
  
• Whipperley Infant Academy
• Whitefield Primary Academy (part of the Pioneer Learning Trust)

2026

• Chantry Primary Academy
• Cardinal Newman Catholic School
• Chiltern Learning Trust
• Farley Junior Academy
• Sacred Heart Primary School, St Margaret of Scotland Primary School and St Martin de Porres Primary school
• Stopsley High School
• Southfield Primary Academy
• Tennyson Road Primary School
• The Ferrars Academy
• Wenlock CofE Academy
• Whitefield Primary Academy
• Whipperley Infant Academy

2025

• Cardinal Newman Catholic School, St Margaret of Scotland Primary School and St Martin de Porres Primary School
• Chalk Hills Academy
  
• Chantry Primary Academy
• Chiltern Academy Trust - admissions 2025
• Farley Junior Academy
• River Bank Primary School
• Tennyson Road Primary School
• The Ferrars Academy - admissions 2025
• Southfield Primary Academy
• The Stockwood Park Academy
• The Linden Academy
• Wenlock Junior Academy
• Whipperley Infant Academy
• Whitefield Primary Academy
• Stopsley High School