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Fulbrook School

Secondary · Milton Keynes · MK17 8NP

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Expected standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Not applicablePost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 20 January 2026 · report published 1 March 2026

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At a glance

551 pupils · 79% of 700 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
9–16
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
17.1% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
11.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
8.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
http://www.fulbrook.school
URN
137904

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 31 families named it first for 40 Year 7 places, 0.78 first choices per place. We hold 3 Year 7 admissions rounds for it, 2024 to 2026; none was decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 20 January 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 7.6% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.78 first-choice applications per place

40 places offered · 31 first-choice applications · usually has places

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Admissions demand: Year 9 entry, September 2025

0.84 first-choice applications per place

19 places offered · 16 first-choice applications · usually has places

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 5

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

53 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
40%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
2%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
102
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
99
England 105

GCSE results (2024/2025)

73 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
42.9
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
64.4%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
37%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
3.7
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school42.9
Median of its 12 closest peers45.1
Central Bedfordshire average44.1
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
Barlby High SchoolSelby · 125 miles awayExpected standard42.8
St Francis Xavier School - a Joint Catholic and Church of England Voluntary AcademyRichmond · 171 miles awayOutstanding54.6
Desborough CollegeMaidenhead · 35 miles awayGood45.7
Wayland AcademyThetford · 73 miles awayGood52
The Lakes SchoolWindermere · 189 miles awayGood46.8
Linton Village CollegeCambridge · 39 miles awayGood52.4
Stour Valley Community SchoolSudbury · 53 miles awayGood44.5
The Ramsey Academy, HalsteadHalstead · 55 miles awayRequires improvement39.3
Elstree Screen Arts AcademyBorehamwood · 30 miles awayOutstanding39.1
The Royal Liberty SchoolRomford · 47 miles awayGood51
Bridgnorth Endowed SchoolBridgnorth · 83 miles awayGood44.4
Breckland SchoolBrandon · 61 miles awayGood42.4

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 74% (Central Bedfordshire 75%, England 59%) · Any other White background 6% (Central Bedfordshire 6%, England 7%) · Any other Mixed background 6% (Central Bedfordshire 3%, England 3%) · Black African 3% (Central Bedfordshire 2%, England 5%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Central Bedfordshire 2%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Central Bedfordshire 1%, England 3%) · Not recorded 2% (Central Bedfordshire 2%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 1% (Central Bedfordshire 0%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (Central Bedfordshire 2%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Central Bedfordshire 1%, England 3%) · Asian Chinese 1% (Central Bedfordshire 0%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black African 1% (Central Bedfordshire 1%, England 1%) · Asian Indian 1% (Central Bedfordshire 1%, England 4%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
7.6%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
21.2%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

11.37 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Central Bedfordshire: 15.62 suspensions and 0.26 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
17.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

91% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 3% moved to another state school · 6% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

73% of teachers took sickness absence, 8.8 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £49,873; 13.2% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£7,346
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 77% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 7% (6%) · supplies and services 11% (11%) · educational supplies 6% (6%) · bought-in professional services 2% (1%) · catering 4% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £581,000; in-year balance +£424,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
7/10less deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher37%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications16.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work40.4%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways17.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health49.9%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier59.9%62.3%
Social housing22.9%17.1%
Privately rented17.2%20.5%
Detached houses32.9%22.9%
Flats6.5%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms28.8%21.1%
Households with no car or van11.8%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01017379 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£426,500254 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£340,000–£547,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (83)£590,000
Semi-detached (68)£452,000
Terraced (54)£377,500
Flat (49)£220,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
3an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
3an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
8an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
2an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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