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Lord Grey Academy

  • 11–19Ages
  • 1,446Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 145736URN

Rickley Lane, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, MK3 6EW · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jun 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.7per place
0.5 below Milton Keynes median (2.2)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Milton Keynes

423 applications for 247 places · 10th of 15 in Milton Keynes
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
40.6of 90
11th of 14 in Milton Keynes
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 2 June 2026Published 30 June 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 2 June 2026
    Report card · 7 Expected standard
  2. 24 May 2022
    Graded inspection: Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

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 entry
1.7applications per place, Year 7
0.5 below Milton Keynes median (2.2) 0.5 below England median (2.2)

423 applications · 247 places offered · 241 named it first

  1. 2026 1.7; Milton Keynes median median 2.2
  2. 2025 1.7; Milton Keynes median median 2.3
  3. 2024 1.8; Milton Keynes median median 2.1
  4. 2023 1.7; Milton Keynes median median 2.1
  5. 2022 1.8; Milton Keynes median median 2.0
  6. 2021 1.7; Milton Keynes median median 2.1
  7. 2020 1.7; Milton Keynes median median 2.1
  8. 2019 1.6; Milton Keynes median median 1.9
  9. 2018 1.5; Milton Keynes median median 1.9; as the previous school
  10. 2017 1.5; Milton Keynes median median 1.9; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.6; Milton Keynes median median 2.0; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.7; Milton Keynes median median 1.7; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.1; Milton Keynes median median 1.6; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Milton Keynes median in 0 of 8 years.
  • This school
  • Milton Keynes median

Dashed bars: as Lord Grey School (URN 110531), the previous school.

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.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20262474231.72410.98
Sep 20252464191.72521.02
Sep 20242444481.82621.07
Sep 20232444101.72471.01
Sep 20222434481.82871.18
Sep 20212494211.72330.94
Sep 20202704611.72811.04
Sep 20192684211.62220.83
Sep 2018 *2493801.52330.94
Sep 2017 *2453691.51900.78
Sep 2016 *2283531.62050.90
Sep 2015 *2363961.72120.90
Sep 2014 *2392731.11880.79

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

249 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)40.611th of 14 in Milton Keynes
Grade 5 or above in English and maths39%10th of 14 in Milton Keynes
Grade 4 or above in English and maths54%
  • This school
  • Milton Keynes median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.10
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)24940.639%54%–
2024/2524940.441%63%–
2023/2425443.042%64%−0.10
2022/2325239.035%56%−0.34

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

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
145736 · 826/4005
Trust
Tove Learning Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,561 pupils · 1,446 on roll
Free school meals
37.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 April 2018
Replaced
Lord Grey School (URN 110531)
Address
Rickley Lane, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, MK3 6EW
Local authority
Milton Keynes

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources