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 | Outstanding | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding | |||
| Personal development | Outstanding | |||
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
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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 entry1,006 applications · 351 places offered · 380 named it first
- 2026 2.9; Milton Keynes median median 2.2
- 2025 3.1; Milton Keynes median median 2.3
- 2024 4.0; Milton Keynes median median 2.1
- 2023 3.0; Milton Keynes median median 2.1
- 2022 2.6; Milton Keynes median median 2.0
- 2021 2.1; Milton Keynes median median 2.1
- 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 | 351 | 1,006 | 2.9 | 380 | 1.08 |
| Sep 2025 | 356 | 1,093 | 3.1 | 375 | 1.05 |
| Sep 2024 | 299 | 1,188 | 4.0 | 444 | 1.48 |
| Sep 2023 | 326 | 980 | 3.0 | 323 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2022 | 352 | 910 | 2.6 | 279 | 0.79 |
| Sep 2021 | 266 | 545 | 2.1 | 181 | 0.68 |
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.) | 299 | 49.1 | 53% | 71% | – |
| 2024/25 | 181 | 50.4 | 55% | 78% | – |
| 2023/24 | 0 | – | |||
| 2022/23 | 0 | – |
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
- Watling AcademyThis schoolThis schoolOutstanding20232.9applications per place 49.1Attainment 8
- 1.8 km · Milton KeynesRemains Good20243.8applications per place 47.4Attainment 8
- 2.5 km · Milton KeynesStandards maintained20244.7applications per place 56.2Attainment 8
- 2.9 km · Milton KeynesGraded · no overall grade20251.8applications per place 40.3Attainment 8
- 3.7 km · Milton KeynesRemains Good20242.9applications per place 44.9Attainment 8
- 4.4 km · West NorthamptonshireGraded · no overall grade20251.6applications per place 45.2Attainment 8
- 4.6 km · Milton KeynesSpecial measures 20261.3applications per place 32.8Attainment 8
- 4.9 km · Milton KeynesStandards maintained20252.2applications per place 43.9Attainment 8
- 5.0 km · Milton KeynesGraded · no overall grade20251.4applications per place 40.1Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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School details
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 147860 · 826/4007
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 2,250 pupils · 1,767 on roll
- Free school meals
- 24.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 September 2020
- Address
- Barrosa Way, Milton Keynes, MK8 1EP
- Local authority
- Milton Keynes
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources