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Stantonbury School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–19 · Sponsored academy
Purbeck, Stantonbury, Milton Keynes MK14 6BN · stantonbury.tove.org.uk · 01908 324400
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Mar 2026 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 32.8
- average Attainment 8 score. Milton Keynes 44.2, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Milton Keynes Council
- Demand for places
- 0.7
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 1,409
- 90% of 1,560 places
- Local authority
- Milton Keynes
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Admissions
- Non-selective
- Free school meals
- 40.6%
- First language not English
- 23.2%
- School census 2025/26
- Trust
- Tove Learning Trust
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Milton Keynes Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 143 families put the school first and 216 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 | 216 | 143 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 243 | 145 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 277 | 125 | 0.5 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 262 | 101 | 0.4 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 222 | 101 | 0.5 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 32.8, and 26.4% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Milton Keynes it was 44.2, and across England 46.
In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade D+ (21.8 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▼32.8 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼26.4% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼46.2% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼8.4% | 40.5% | ||
| ▼2.77 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 143134)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 33.5 | +13.4 |
| Sixth form college | 0.3 | — |
| Further education | 47.7 | −13.1 |
| Other education | 0.9 | +0.5 |
| Apprenticeship | 0.6 | −0.9 |
| Employment | 2.3 | −5 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 8.4 | +1.1 |
| Activity not captured | 6.4 | +3.8 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
A level average grade
| 2024/25 | Trend | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 23 students | D+ (21.8) | Average -0.22 | |
| 24 students | D (21.7) | Average -0.24 | |
| 23 students | Merit (25.3) | Average -0.04 |
| Earlier years: A level | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 38 | D (18.7) | -0.21 |
| 2022/23 | 67 | D+ (22.8) | — |
| 2021/22 | 44 | D+ (22) | — |
| 2018/19 | 78 | C- (25.6) | -0.26 |
| 2017/18 | 124 | C (29.6) | +0.02 |
| 2016/17 | 100 | C (31.4) | -0.01 |
Where sixth-form leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| University | 42.1 | −26.7 |
| Apprenticeship | 10.5 | +8.4 |
| Employment | 23.7 | +7 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 18.4 | +10.1 |
| Activity not captured | 5.3 | +1.1 |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Stantonbury School on 3 March 2026 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention
- Achievement: Urgent improvement
- Attendance and behaviour: Urgent improvement
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Post-16 provision: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Urgent improvement
- Inspected
- 3 Mar 2026
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Expected standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention |
| Achievement | Urgent improvement |
| Attendance and behaviour | Urgent improvement |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Post-16 provision | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Urgent improvement |
Previously: Requires improvement, graded inspection, Jan 2024
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 143134), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Jan 2024Requires improvement
Quality of education Requires improvement Behaviour and attitudes Requires improvement Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Sixth form Good Safeguarding Effective - Mar 2021Monitoring visitEffective action
Jan 2020Inadequate
Quality of education Inadequate Behaviour and attitudes Inadequate Personal development Requires improvement Leadership and management Inadequate Sixth form Good Safeguarding Not effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 143134)
Before September 2019
Nov 2018Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Requires improvement 16 to 19 study programmes Good Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 143134)
What parents said
51% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (134 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 51%
- Positive
- 45%
- Replies
- 134
- 9% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 93% who raised concerns
based on 54 parents (40%) whose child was bullied
based on 42 parents (31%) with SEND