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State secondary schools in Milton Keynes

15 schools · South East · 2024/25 Department for Education figures

Milton Keynes has 15 state secondaries, 12 of them with sixth forms. 82.2% of families got their first choice last year, about the national picture. Results run from 24.3% to 68% passing English and maths, a spread of 44 points, with a middle school at 44.4%, almost exactly England's 45.4%.

Of those Ofsted has graded, 1 rated Outstanding, 8 Good, 1 Requires improvement. 5 schools carry no overall grade at all — either inspected since Ofsted stopped issuing one in September 2024, or never inspected.

15 schools in Milton Keynes. Tap one, or see the full list.
24% 68% passed English & maths no figure

Milton Keynes against England

State-funded schools, 2024/25

44%

Passed English & maths grade 5 or above

1.2% below England

England 45%

44.2

Attainment 8 average score

1.9 below England

England 46.1

19%

Persistently absent missed 10% of sessions

2.5% below England

England 21%

Getting a place

2026/27 secondary admissions round, across Milton Keynes

82.2%

Got their first choiceof those who applied

England 84%

94.7%

Got one of their threefirst, second or third

0.1%

Got no offer at allfrom any preference

10%

Appeals upheld13 of 129 heard

These are figures for Milton Keynes as a whole. A popular school can be much harder to get into than the average suggests, and the criteria that decide it are set by each school's own admission authority rather than centrally. How applying works

How much the choice matters here

Across Milton Keynes's 14 schools, the share passing English and maths runs from 24% to 68%. That is a spread of 44 percentage points, about typical.

The typical council spans about 48 points. Where schools are close together the school a child gets matters less; where they are far apart it matters a great deal. The widest spreads are all selective areas, where grammar schools sit at one end and everything else at the other.

Milton Keynes schools, subject by subject

The share reaching grade 4 or above, among schools entering at least 20 pupils. Which pupils take a subject differs a lot between schools, so read this as what happened rather than as a ranking of teaching.

mathshistorygeographyenglish literatureenglish languagecombined scienceartphysicscomputer sciencechemistrybiologybusiness studiesspanishsociologyfrenchfood technologydesign technologyreligious studies
  1. 1 Oakgrove School Milton Keynes · 33 entries 94%
  2. 2 Denbigh School Milton Keynes · 53 entries 91%
  3. 3 Shenley Brook End School Milton Keynes · 60 entries 77%
  4. 4 Kents Hill Park all-through school Milton Keynes · 47 entries 74%
  5. 5 Watling Academy Milton Keynes · 55 entries 73%
  6. 6 St Paul's Catholic School Milton Keynes · 20 entries 70%
  7. 7 The Hazeley Academy Milton Keynes · 31 entries 68%
  8. 8 The Radcliffe School Milton Keynes · 26 entries 62%
  9. 9 The Milton Keynes Academy Milton Keynes · 56 entries 61%
  10. 10 Walton High Milton Keynes · 114 entries 53%
  11. 11 Lord Grey Academy Milton Keynes · 48 entries 44%
  12. 12 Stantonbury School Milton Keynes · 24 entries 42%
  13. 13 Lift Sir Herbert Leon Milton Keynes · 49 entries 33%
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Schools in neighbouring authorities are not in this list, because admissions run per authority. See bordering areas.

5 of 15 have no spare places. Sort the list, or narrow it first.

  • Denbigh School Milton Keynes · Good. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    68%
    Attainment 8
    54.3
    Absence
    13%
  • E-Act Ousedale School Newport Pagnell · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    50%
    Attainment 8
    49.4
    Absence
    13%
  • Glebe Farm School Milton Keynes · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    —
    Attainment 8
    —
    Absence
    16%
  • Kents Hill Park all-through school Milton Keynes · Good.
    Eng & maths
    56%
    Attainment 8
    50.2
    Absence
    16%
  • Lift Sir Herbert Leon Milton Keynes · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    24%
    Attainment 8
    33.7
    Absence
    41%
  • Lord Grey Academy Milton Keynes · Inspected under the current report card, which gives no overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    41%
    Attainment 8
    40.4
    Absence
    25%
  • Oakgrove School Milton Keynes · Good. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    67%
    Attainment 8
    54.7
    Absence
    14%
  • Shenley Brook End School Milton Keynes · Good.
    Eng & maths
    44%
    Attainment 8
    45.4
    Absence
    20%
  • St Paul's Catholic School Milton Keynes · Good. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    38%
    Attainment 8
    44.9
    Absence
    19%
  • Stantonbury School Milton Keynes · Inspected under the current report card, which gives no overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    26%
    Attainment 8
    32.8
    Absence
    35%
  • The Hazeley Academy Milton Keynes · Good. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    42%
    Attainment 8
    45.4
    Absence
    18%
  • The Milton Keynes Academy Milton Keynes · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    34%
    Attainment 8
    40.8
    Absence
    27%
  • The Radcliffe School Milton Keynes · Inspected, after Ofsted stopped issuing a single overall grade.
    Eng & maths
    32%
    Attainment 8
    38.2
    Absence
    25%
  • Walton High Milton Keynes · Good. · no spare places
    Eng & maths
    47%
    Attainment 8
    46.4
    Absence
    19%
  • Watling Academy Milton Keynes · Outstanding.
    Eng & maths
    55%
    Attainment 8
    50.4
    Absence
    20%

Pick up to 4 schools to see them side by side in the comparison tool, subject by subject.

Sixth form · Key stage 5·2024/25

A levels in Milton Keynes

10 of Milton Keynes's 12 sixth forms publish A level results. Ranked on the share reaching AAB or better in at least two of the subjects universities name, which is the measure the steepest entry requirements are written in.

Sixth form Grade AAB+

A level results only. A sixth form running mostly BTECs and other applied courses will show a dash here and can still be the right one — those are graded on their own scale, where a distinction and an A grade carry the same points and mean different things.

Bordering Milton Keynes

Near a boundary, schools on both sides are usually in reach. Whether a child can apply is set by each school's admission criteria, not by the border.

Bedford 13 schools · 44% passed English & mathsBuckinghamshire 37 schools · 59% passed English & mathsCentral Bedfordshire 15 schools · 42% passed English & mathsNorth Northamptonshire 21 schools · 38% passed English & mathsWest Northamptonshire 22 schools · 42% passed English & maths

What these mean

Attainment 8
The average pupil's total score across eight GCSE-equivalent subjects, with English and maths counting double. It is scored out of 90. A score of 50 is roughly equivalent to achieving a grade 5 across eight subjects.
Grades 4 and 5
GCSEs are graded from 9 down to 1. Grade 4 is a standard pass and broadly corresponds to the old grade C; grade 5 is what the government calls a strong pass. Grade 7 is broadly equivalent to an old grade A.
Persistent absence
The share of pupils who miss at least 10% of their possible sessions during the school year. This includes both authorised and unauthorised absence, so illness and other authorised reasons are included. Persistent absence has remained substantially higher than its pre-pandemic level.
First preference
The share of families who were offered the school they ranked first on their application, on national offer day in March. This figure is calculated across the relevant schools or admissions authority, so a high overall figure does not necessarily mean that every individual school is easy to get into.
Spare places
The amount of available capacity a school has compared with the number of pupils on roll. This is different from oversubscription: spare places measure whether a school has capacity, whereas oversubscription describes demand for places exceeding the number available. A school with no spare places may be popular, but a small school can also be full without receiving a large number of applications.
Average A-level grade
The average grade achieved across students' A-level entries. This is different from measures such as the proportion achieving AAB or better in two or more facilitating subjects, which are sometimes used to indicate higher attainment and university-entry performance.
Covers state-funded schools in England; independent schools are not included, and neither the list nor the subject figures above take account of them.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Key stage 4 performance and school characteristics: Department for Education, 2024/25. Inspection outcomes: Ofsted.