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Stantonbury School

  • 11–19Ages
  • 1,409Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • Sixth formAges 16–18
  • 148835URN

Purbeck, Stantonbury, Milton Keynes, MK14 6BN · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Category of concern: Special measures

Report card · inspected Mar 2026

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

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.3per place
0.9 below Milton Keynes median (2.2)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Milton Keynes

277 applications for 216 places · 15th of 15 in Milton Keynes
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
32.8of 90
14th of 14 in Milton Keynes
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Ofsted category of concern: Special measures

Report card · inspected 3 March 2026Published 16 July 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementUrgent improvement
Attendance and behaviourUrgent improvement
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionExpected standard
Leadership and governanceUrgent improvement
  • 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. 3 March 2026
    Report card · 3 Expected standard, 1 Needs attention, 3 Urgent improvement
  2. 23 January 2024
    Graded inspection: Requires improvement

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
1.3applications per place, Year 7
0.9 below Milton Keynes median (2.2) 0.9 below England median (2.2)

277 applications · 216 places offered · 143 named it first

  1. 2026 1.3; Milton Keynes median median 2.2
  2. 2025 1.2; Milton Keynes median median 2.3
  3. 2024 1.0; Milton Keynes median median 2.1
  4. 2023 0.9; Milton Keynes median median 2.1
  5. 2022 0.9; Milton Keynes median median 2.0
  6. 2021 1.0; Milton Keynes median median 2.1; as the previous school
  7. 2020 1.1; Milton Keynes median median 2.1; as the previous school
  8. 2019 1.1; Milton Keynes median median 1.9; as the previous school
  9. 2018 1.1; Milton Keynes median median 1.9; as the previous school
  10. 2017 1.3; Milton Keynes median median 1.9; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.5; Milton Keynes median median 2.0; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.4; Milton Keynes median median 1.7; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.0; Milton Keynes median median 1.6; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Milton Keynes median in 0 of 5 years.
  • This school
  • Milton Keynes median

Dashed bars: as Stantonbury International (URN 143134), Stantonbury Campus (URN 110526), Stantonbury Campus South (URN 110527), 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 20262162771.31430.66
Sep 20252433011.21450.60
Sep 20242772771.01250.45
Sep 20232622270.91010.39
Sep 20222222030.91010.45
Sep 2021 *2022111.01030.51
Sep 2020 *3253401.11660.51
Sep 2019 *3483951.11950.56
Sep 2018 *3283461.11730.53
Sep 2017 *2853801.31920.67
Sep 2016 *2864201.52090.73
Sep 2015 *3214451.42400.75
Sep 2014 *3693601.02090.57

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

290 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)32.814th of 14 in Milton Keynes
Grade 5 or above in English and maths27%14th of 14 in Milton Keynes
Grade 4 or above in English and maths41%
  • This school
  • Milton Keynes median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.89
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)29032.827%41%–
2024/2529932.826%46%–
2023/2434638.836%54%−0.89
2022/2327435.026%47%−1.18

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

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
148835 · 826/4008
Trust
Tove Learning Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,560 pupils · 1,409 on roll
Free school meals
40.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 September 2021
Replaced
Stantonbury International (URN 143134); Stantonbury Campus (URN 110526); Stantonbury Campus South (URN 110527)
Address
Purbeck, Stantonbury, Milton Keynes, MK14 6BN
Local authority
Milton Keynes

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