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Stantonbury School

Secondary · Milton Keynes · MK14 6BN

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Requires improvement

Graded inspection under the pre-November 2025 system

This is an overall-effectiveness grade from the previous inspection framework. The school has not yet had a report-card inspection.

Quality of education: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: Requires improvementPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: GoodSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 23 January 2024

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At a glance

1,409 pupils · 90% of 1,560 capacity

School type
Academy sponsor led
Age range
11–19
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
40.6% of pupils
English as additional language
23.1% of pupils
SEN support
13.1% of pupils
EHC plan
2% of pupils
Sixth form
Yes
Website
https://www.stantonbury.tove.org.uk
URN
148835

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

0.66 first-choice applications per place

216 places offered · 143 first-choice applications · usually has places

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.

GCSE results (2024/2025)

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

Attainment 8 score
32.8
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
46.2%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
26.4%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
2.8
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.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) D+
21.8
England 35

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.

Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
12.2%
England 6.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
33.7%
England 18.1%

Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
22.3
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

80% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 2% moved to another state school · 18% left the state-funded sector

School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Spending per pupil

This school£8,063
Typical secondary school£7,799

Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
88%
Continuing in education
84%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
2%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
44%
Apprenticeship
4%
Employment
35%
Any sustained destination
84%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, latest DfE destination measures release.

Inspection history since 2015

Ofsted management information. Ungraded and monitoring visits do not award a new grade. How the two inspection systems work.

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