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Stantonbury School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–19

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 33 32.8 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL D+ D+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
32.8 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
26.9% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
5.9% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.89 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 32.8[6] 26.4%[6]
2023/24 38.8[4] 35.5%[4] -0.89[4]
2022/23 35[7] 26%[7] -1.18[7]
2021/22 32[8] 18%[8] -1.36[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
D+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
0% 2024/25[3]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 D[9] 0%[9]
2022/23 D+[10] 0%[10]
2021/22 D+[11] 0%[11]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
88% 2022/23[12]
School sixth form
23% 2022/23[12]
Sixth-form college
0% 2022/23[12]
Further education college
60% 2022/23[12]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[12]
Employment
2% 2022/23[12]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 93%[13] 20%[13] 0%[13] 61%[13] 1%[13] 10%[13]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
84% 2022/23[14]
UK higher education
44% 2022/23[14]
Education
45% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[14]
Employment
35% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 88%[15] 69%[15] 69%[15] 2%[15] 17%[15]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
70% 2021/22[16]
Top third of most selective universities
4% 2021/22[16]

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
3 Mar 2026[17]
Type
S5 Inspection[17]
Report published
16 Jul 2026[17]
Inclusion
Expected standard[17]
Achievement
Urgent improvement[17]
Category of concern
SM[17]
Safeguarding standards
Met[17]
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention[17]
Attendance and behaviour
Urgent improvement[17]
Leadership and governance
Urgent improvement[17]
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard[17]
Post-16 provision (where applicable)
Expected standard[17]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
23 Jan 2024[18] Academy First Section 5[18] Requires improvement[18]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.3 Entry Sept 2026[19]
Applications (any preference)
277 Entry Sept 2026[19]
First preferences
143 Entry Sept 2026[19]
Places offered
216 Entry Sept 2026[19]
First preferences per place
0.7 Entry Sept 2026[19]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 301[19] 145[19] 243[19] 1.2[19] 0.6[19]
Entry Sept 2024 277[19] 125[19] 277[19] 1.0[19] 0.5[19]
Entry Sept 2023 227[19] 101[19] 262[19] 0.9[19] 0.4[19]
Entry Sept 2022 203[19] 101[19] 222[19] 0.9[19] 0.5[19]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy sponsor led[1]
Ages
11–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1560[1]
Trust
TOVE LEARNING TRUST[1]
Local authority
Milton Keynes[1]
Website
https://www.stantonbury.tove.org.uk[1]
District
Milton Keynes[20]
Postcode
MK14 6BN[1]
URN
148835[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1486 2024/25[21]
English as an additional language
23.1% 2024/25[21]
SEN support
13.1% 2024/25[21]
EHC plan
2% 2024/25[21]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
42% 2024/25[21]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
50.9%[22]
Mixed
9.9%[22]
Asian
9.3%[22]
Black
16.4%[22]
Any other ethnic group
4.6%[22]
Unclassified
8.9%[22]

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

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS5 (16-18) final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  5. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    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.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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  17. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2025/26. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  18. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  19. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  20. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  21. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  22. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.