Graded inspection · Jan 2025 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 | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
Inspection history
- 21 January 2025Graded inspection, no overall grade
- 8 January 2020Ungraded inspection: School remains 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 entry526 applications · 352 places offered · 386 named it first
- 2026 1.5; Milton Keynes median median 2.2
- 2025 1.5; Milton Keynes median median 2.3
- 2024 1.7; Milton Keynes median median 2.1
- 2023 1.8; Milton Keynes median median 2.1
- 2022 1.9; 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 1.9; Milton Keynes median median 1.9
- 2017 1.9; Milton Keynes median median 1.9
- 2016 2.0; Milton Keynes median median 2.0
- 2015 1.6; Milton Keynes median median 1.7
- 2014 1.6; 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 | 352 | 526 | 1.5 | 386 | 1.10 |
| Sep 2025 | 354 | 534 | 1.5 | 380 | 1.07 |
| Sep 2024 | 351 | 588 | 1.7 | 407 | 1.16 |
| Sep 2023 | 354 | 626 | 1.8 | 450 | 1.27 |
| Sep 2022 | 359 | 668 | 1.9 | 446 | 1.24 |
| Sep 2021 | 357 | 676 | 1.9 | 436 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2020 | 360 | 754 | 2.1 | 464 | 1.29 |
| Sep 2019 | 359 | 667 | 1.9 | 411 | 1.14 |
| Sep 2018 | 352 | 665 | 1.9 | 425 | 1.21 |
| Sep 2017 | 353 | 666 | 1.9 | 416 | 1.18 |
| Sep 2016 | 355 | 695 | 2.0 | 432 | 1.22 |
| Sep 2015 | 357 | 573 | 1.6 | 364 | 1.02 |
| Sep 2014 | 355 | 567 | 1.6 | 425 | 1.20 |
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.) | 358 | 50.8 | 55% | 74% | – |
| 2024/25 | 366 | 49.4 | 50% | 73% | – |
| 2023/24 | 367 | 46.9 | 47% | 71% | +0.05 |
| 2022/23 | 359 | 49.2 | 49% | 73% | +0.19 |
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
- E-Act Ousedale SchoolThis schoolThis schoolGraded · no overall grade20251.5applications per place 50.8Attainment 8
- 3.3 km · Milton KeynesSpecial measures 20261.3applications per place 32.8Attainment 8
- 4.9 km · Milton KeynesStandards maintained20244.0applications per place 53.5Attainment 8
- 5.6 km · Milton KeynesNot yet inspected
- 5.8 km · Milton KeynesGood20223.8applications per place 45.5Attainment 8
- 5.9 km · Milton KeynesGraded · no overall grade20251.4applications per place 40.1Attainment 8
- 6.1 km · Milton KeynesStandards maintained20252.2applications per place 43.9Attainment 8
- 6.4 km · Milton KeynesGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place 40.3Attainment 8
- 7.2 km · Milton KeynesStandards maintained20244.7applications per place 56.2Attainment 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
- 137052 · 826/4018
- Trust
- E-Act
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 2,200 pupils · 2,239 on roll
- Free school meals
- 16.7% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 August 2011
- Replaced
- Ousedale School (URN 110487)
- Address
- The Grove, Newport Pagnell, MK16 0BJ
- Local authority
- Milton Keynes
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources