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Stantonbury School

Milton Keynes, MK14 6BN · Milton Keynes · secondary school

Ofsted: Requires improvement · 2024 Inspected 2 years ago Mixed Secondary
0.7/10 Well below average

13th of 14 secondary schools in Milton Keynes we can score. Local and same-phase on purpose: a national table mostly measures who attends.

Its results hold up when the comparison narrows to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds — 0.8/10 against 569 of them, against 0.7/10 nationally. So this is not simply a reflection of who attends. Both figures are results only, without the inspection grade. A lower figure here means a stronger comparison group, not a weaker school.

How this is worked out
MeasurePercentileWeightAdds
Ofsted 5 35% 0.19
Grade 5+ English & maths 2024/25 26.4 · 11 30% 0.33
Progress 8 2023/24 -0.89 · 4 25% 0.10
Attainment 8 2024/25 32.8 · 3 10% 0.03

Each measure is read as a position among comparable schools, so a school in the middle of the country scores 5. Full method.

Get to know the school

How it's doing. In 2024/25, 26.4% of pupils achieved Grade 5 or above in English and maths. Attainment 8 was 32.8, compared to the national median of 44.6. Progress 8 was -0.89 in 2023/24, indicating pupils did worse than those nationally who started from the same place. Its results are much the same when the comparison narrows to schools whose pupils have similar backgrounds, so the gap is not explained by intake (0.8 out of 10 against similar schools, 0.7 out of 10 against all schools). Ofsted rated the school "Requires improvement" in March 2024.

Beyond the classroom. Pupils can join the Career Kickstarter club, participate with MK Dons Community Trust, and engage in musicals, music concerts, drama productions, dance shows, and technical theatre training. Trips include visits to Paris and Ypres.

Getting in. There are 1486 pupils in a school with 1560 places, leaving 74 spare places. The school is close to full, so places are likely to be competitive.

Worth asking on a visit. How does the school support pupils to close the attainment gap with the national median? What specific actions are being taken to address the "Requires improvement" rating? How does the school manage competition for places given it is near capacity?

Written by AI from this school's published results, inspection record and its own website — not by Ofsted, the school, or SchoolsGPT staff. Every figure above comes from the sources on this page. Check anything that matters with the school.

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