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Miltoncross Academy
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Milton Road, Milton, Portsmouth PO3 6RB · miltoncross-tkat.org · 023 9273 8022
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected May 2025
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 36.3
- average Attainment 8 score. Portsmouth 39.5, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Portsmouth Council
- Demand for places
- 0.6
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 983
- 98% of 1,000 places
- Local authority
- Portsmouth
- Sixth form
- No
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 46.7%
- First language not English
- 18.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Portsmouth Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 124 families put the school first and 200 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 200 | 124 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 189 | 93 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 175 | 110 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 173 | 141 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 177 | 128 | 0.7 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 36.3, and 26.9% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Portsmouth it was 39.5, and across England 46.
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼36.3 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼26.9% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼46.9% | 64.8% | ||
| ▲50.6% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼3.32 | 4.09 |
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 1.7 | — |
| Sixth form college | 0.6 | −0.2 |
| Further education | 81.4 | +13.4 |
| Apprenticeship | 3.4 | −2.1 |
| Employment | 1.7 | −3.8 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 6.2 | −8.6 |
| Activity not captured | 5.1 | +0.4 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Miltoncross Academy on 13 May 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 13 May 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Requires improvement |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Requires improvement |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Jan 2023
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 131951), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2023Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective
Before September 2019
Sept 2017Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective May 2014Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 131951)
What parents said
95% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (101 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 95%
- Replies
- 101
- 11% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 87% who raised concerns
based on 14 parents (14%) whose child was bullied
based on 20 parents (20%) with SEND