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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026Inspection history
- 13 November 2024Ungraded inspection: Standards maintained
- 26 June 2019Graded inspection: Good
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry953 applications · 237 places offered · 346 named it first
- 2026 4.0; Milton Keynes median median 2.2
- 2025 4.1; Milton Keynes median median 2.3
- 2024 4.6; Milton Keynes median median 2.1
- 2023 4.4; Milton Keynes median median 2.1
- 2022 3.7; Milton Keynes median median 2.0
- 2021 4.3; Milton Keynes median median 2.1
- 2020 4.4; Milton Keynes median median 2.1
- 2019 4.3; Milton Keynes median median 1.9
- 2018 4.0; Milton Keynes median median 1.9
- 2017 3.5; Milton Keynes median median 1.9
- 2016 3.4; Milton Keynes median median 2.0
- 2015 2.8; Milton Keynes median median 1.7
- 2014 2.6; Milton Keynes median median 1.6
- This school
- Milton Keynes median
Reception entry, September 2026: 2.8 per place (233 applications for 83 places).
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 237 | 953 | 4.0 | 346 | 1.46 |
| Sep 2025 | 238 | 974 | 4.1 | 314 | 1.32 |
| Sep 2024 | 230 | 1,056 | 4.6 | 369 | 1.60 |
| Sep 2023 | 236 | 1,038 | 4.4 | 358 | 1.52 |
| Sep 2022 | 263 | 978 | 3.7 | 312 | 1.19 |
| Sep 2021 | 239 | 1,018 | 4.3 | 316 | 1.32 |
| Sep 2020 | 269 | 1,169 | 4.4 | 405 | 1.51 |
| Sep 2019 | 269 | 1,159 | 4.3 | 403 | 1.50 |
| Sep 2018 | 297 | 1,192 | 4.0 | 431 | 1.45 |
| Sep 2017 | 296 | 1,035 | 3.5 | 354 | 1.20 |
| Sep 2016 | 297 | 1,014 | 3.4 | 362 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2015 | 292 | 827 | 2.8 | 352 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2014 | 236 | 602 | 2.6 | 291 | 1.23 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 297 | 53.5 | 62% | 79% | – |
| 2024/25 | 299 | 54.7 | 67% | 82% | – |
| 2023/24 | 304 | 52.5 | 62% | 80% | +0.19 |
| 2022/23 | 296 | 56.1 | 66% | 88% | +0.39 |
Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Oakgrove SchoolThis schoolThis schoolStandards maintained20244.0applications per place 53.5Attainment 8
- 0.9 km · Milton KeynesGood20223.8applications per place 45.5Attainment 8
- 2.5 km · Milton KeynesGood20231.7applications per place 44.0Attainment 8
- 2.6 km · Milton KeynesNot yet inspected
- 3.1 km · Milton KeynesGraded · no overall grade20251.4applications per place 40.1Attainment 8
- 3.2 km · Milton KeynesGraded · no overall grade20253.9applications per place
- 3.4 km · Milton KeynesStandards maintained20252.2applications per place 43.9Attainment 8
- 4.9 km · Milton KeynesGraded · no overall grade20251.5applications per place 50.8Attainment 8
- 4.9 km · Milton KeynesSpecial measures 20261.3applications per place 32.8Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- All-through
- URN · DfE number
- 136454 · 826/4703
- Capacity
- 2,132 pupils · 2,527 on roll
- Free school meals
- 17.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 February 2011
- Replaced
- Oakgrove School (URN 134630)
- Address
- Venturer Gate, Middleton, Milton Keynes, MK10 9JQ
- Local authority
- Milton Keynes
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources