Graded inspection · May 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Milton Keynes
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | 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 entry749 applications · 452 places offered · 341 named it first
- 2026 1.7; Milton Keynes median median 2.2
- 2025 1.9; Milton Keynes median median 2.3
- 2024 1.9; Milton Keynes median median 2.1
- 2023 1.9; Milton Keynes median median 2.1
- 2022 2.0; Milton Keynes median median 2.0
- 2021 1.9; Milton Keynes median median 2.1
- 2020 2.1; Milton Keynes median median 2.1
- 2019 1.9; Milton Keynes median median 1.9
- 2018 2.0; Milton Keynes median median 1.9
- 2017 1.9; Milton Keynes median median 1.9
- 2016 2.1; Milton Keynes median median 2.0
- 2015 2.7; Milton Keynes median median 1.7
- 2014 2.2; Milton Keynes median median 1.6
- This school
- Milton Keynes median
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, 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 | 452 | 749 | 1.7 | 341 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2025 | 447 | 838 | 1.9 | 348 | 0.78 |
| Sep 2024 | 474 | 913 | 1.9 | 376 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2023 | 474 | 882 | 1.9 | 396 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2022 | 472 | 934 | 2.0 | 461 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2021 | 479 | 907 | 1.9 | 435 | 0.91 |
| Sep 2020 | 478 | 978 | 2.1 | 402 | 0.84 |
| Sep 2019 | 474 | 900 | 1.9 | 321 | 0.68 |
| Sep 2018 | 440 | 880 | 2.0 | 354 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2017 | 411 | 792 | 1.9 | 310 | 0.75 |
| Sep 2016 | 353 | 728 | 2.1 | 283 | 0.80 |
| Sep 2015 | 239 | 643 | 2.7 | 282 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2014 | 238 | 523 | 2.2 | 290 | 1.22 |
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.) | 479 | 44.0 | 43% | 61% | – |
| 2024/25 | 483 | 46.4 | 47% | 67% | – |
| 2023/24 | 485 | 46.9 | 46% | 67% | +0.02 |
| 2022/23 | 436 | 45.3 | 45% | 65% | +0.18 |
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
- Walton HighThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.7applications per place 44.0Attainment 8
- 1.6 km · Milton KeynesGood20223.8applications per place 45.5Attainment 8
- 2.0 km · Milton KeynesGraded · no overall grade20253.9applications per place
- 2.5 km · Milton KeynesStandards maintained20244.0applications per place 53.5Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · Central Bedfordshire20261.9applications per place 43.2Attainment 8
- 3.1 km · Milton KeynesNot yet inspected
- 4.4 km · Milton KeynesGraded · no overall grade20251.4applications per place 40.1Attainment 8
- 4.5 km · Milton KeynesStandards maintained20252.2applications per place 43.9Attainment 8
- 4.9 km · Milton Keynes20261.7applications per place 40.6Attainment 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
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136842 · 826/4000
- Trust
- 5 Dimensions Trust
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 3,000 pupils · 2,969 on roll
- Free school meals
- 27.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 July 2011
- Replaced
- Walton High (URN 131396)
- Address
- Fyfield Barrow, Walnut Tree, Milton Keynes, MK7 7WH
- Local authority
- Milton Keynes
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources