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Shenley Brook End School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–19

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 45 44.9 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C C 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
44.9 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
43.6% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
11.6% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.25 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 45.4[6] 44.4%[6]
2023/24 46.8[4] 45.4%[4] -0.25[4]
2022/23 48.9[7] 49%[7] -0.13[7]
2021/22 50.2[8] 55%[8] -0.15[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
11.6% 2024/25[3]
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
2023/24 C[10] 6.3%[10]
2022/23 C[11] 12.8%[11]
2021/22 C+[12] 13.2%[12]
2018/19 C-[13] 4.6%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
97% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
55% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
38% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[14]
Employment
1% 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 95%[15] 52%[15] 0%[15] 32%[15] 3%[15] 6%[15]
2020/21 97%[16] 60%[16] 0%[16] 32%[16] 2%[16] 4%[16]
2019/20 96%[17] 58%[17] 0%[17] 36%[17] 1%[17] 1%[17]
2018/19 97%[18] 53%[18] 0%[18] 38%[18] 3%[18] 2%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
86% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
64% 2022/23[19]
Education
65% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
3% 2022/23[19]
Employment
18% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 91%[20] 60%[20] 62%[20] 3%[20] 27%[20]
2020/21 91%[21] 62%[21] 66%[21] 4%[21] 21%[21]
2019/20 88%[22] 49%[22] 58%[22] 7%[22] 23%[22]
2018/19 89%[23] 61%[23] 63%[23] 4%[23] 22%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
69% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
24% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
22% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
2% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 75%[26] 28%[26]
2019/20 68%[25] 23%[25] 22%[25] 2%[25]
2018/19 69%[27] 15%[27] 13%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 69%[28] 23%[28] 18%[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
6 Mar 2024[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
25 Apr 2024[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
25 Sep 2018[30] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[30] No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.9 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
852 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
298 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
296 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
1.0 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 864[31] 227[31] 296[31] 2.9[31] 0.8[31]
Entry Sept 2024 910[31] 291[31] 291[31] 3.1[31] 1.0[31]
Entry Sept 2023 945[31] 287[31] 297[31] 3.2[31] 1.0[31]
Entry Sept 2022 945[31] 268[31] 292[31] 3.2[31] 0.9[31]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1900[1]
Trust
5 DIMENSIONS TRUST[1]
Local authority
Milton Keynes[1]
Website
http://www.sbeschool.org.uk[1]
District
Milton Keynes[32]
Postcode
MK5 7ZT[1]
URN
136730[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1883 2024/25[33]
English as an additional language
31.2% 2024/25[33]
SEN support
10.3% 2024/25[33]
EHC plan
1.9% 2024/25[33]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
20.6% 2024/25[33]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
51.1%[34]
Mixed
15.6%[34]
Asian
18%[34]
Black
11.9%[34]
Any other ethnic group
2%[34]
Unclassified
1.4%[34]

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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