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The Milton Keynes Academy[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 40 40.1 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
40.1 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
28.8% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
5.8% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.35 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 40.8[5] 33.9%[5]
2023/24 35.8[3] 23.6%[3] -0.35[3]
2022/23 39[6] 29%[6] -0.28[6]
2021/22 40[7] 31%[7] -0.57[7]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
D+ 2022/23[8]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
4.8% 2022/23[8]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2021/22 C[10] 5%[10]
2018/19 D-[11] 5.6%[11]
2017/18 C-[12]
2016/17 D+[13] 5.6%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
90% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
29% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
55% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[14]
Employment
2% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 92%[15] 44%[15] 1%[15] 38%[15] 7%[15]
2020/21 89%[16] 30%[16] 49%[16] 1%[16] 7%[16]
2019/20 86%[17] 35%[17] 46%[17] 2%[17] 2%[17]
2018/19 91%[18] 41%[18] 0%[18] 43%[18] 1%[18] 6%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
87% 2021/22[19]
Education
61% 2021/22[19]
Apprenticeship
2% 2021/22[19]
Employment
24% 2021/22[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment Education Apprenticeship Employment
2020/21 86%[20] 41%[20] 6%[20] 39%[20]
2019/20 93%[21] 67%[21] 0%[21] 26%[21]
2018/19 88%[22] 64%[22] 1%[22] 23%[22]
2016/17 89%[23] 66%[23] 2%[23] 20%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
72% 2020/21[24]
Top third of most selective universities
13% 2020/21[24]
Russell Group universities
5% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2019/20 79%[25] 6%[25] 5%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 76%[26] 3%[26] 3%[26] 0%[26]
2017/18 74%[27] 10%[27] 6%[27] 0%[27]
2015/16 56%[28] 6%[28] 4%[28] 0%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
13 May 2025[29]
Type
Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1[29]
Report published
17 Jun 2025[29]
Personal development
Good[29]
Quality of education
Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[29]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
17 Jan 2023[30] S5 Inspection[30] Requires improvement[30]
10 Oct 2017[31] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[31] No overall grade[31]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.4 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Applications (any preference)
217 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences
84 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Places offered
156 Entry Sept 2026[32]
First preferences per place
0.5 Entry Sept 2026[32]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 220[32] 93[32] 141[32] 1.6[32] 0.7[32]
Entry Sept 2024 219[32] 76[32] 164[32] 1.3[32] 0.5[32]
Entry Sept 2023 255[32] 68[32] 179[32] 1.4[32] 0.4[32]
Entry Sept 2022 232[32] 94[32] 210[32] 1.1[32] 0.4[32]

Admissions

Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
210 Entry Sept 2027[33]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1550[1]
Trust
CREATIVE EDUCATION TRUST[1]
Local authority
Milton Keynes[1]
Website
http://www.miltonkeynesacademy.org.uk/[1]
District
Milton Keynes[34]
Postcode
MK6 5LA[1]
URN
135665[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1010 2024/25[35]
English as an additional language
50% 2024/25[35]
SEN support
9.3% 2024/25[35]
EHC plan
1.3% 2024/25[35]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
48.2% 2024/25[35]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
49.6%[36]
Mixed
9.4%[36]
Asian
15.9%[36]
Black
20.7%[36]
Any other ethnic group
3.1%[36]
Unclassified
1.2%[36]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

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    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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    Quote
    a) The planned admission number each September is 210. (p. 1)
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