St Paul's Catholic School
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 11–19 · Milton Keynes
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Not published
From Milton Keynes City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
St Paul's Catholic School is a secondary school in Milton Keynes for ages 11–19 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 14 May 2025. Milton Keynes has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
St Paul's Catholic School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Not published |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 274 first-choice applications for 258 offers: 1.1 first choices per offer, the 4th highest of 12 Milton Keynes secondary schools.
- In Year 7 in 2026, 217 offers went to first-choice families, and 57 first-choice families (21%) were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 38% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), with an Attainment 8 score of 44.9 (England 46).
- At A level in 2024/25 the average grade was C (England B-), with progress from GCSE to A level above average.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Milton Keynes schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Phoenix Drive, Leadenhall, Milton Keynes, MK6 5EN
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Milton Keynes
- Pupils on roll
- 1,890 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 14
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 14 May 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are very happy and welcoming here.”
- “They live and breathe the school’s inclusive ethos and are extremely kind and respectful to others.”
- “They proudly live up to the school’s motto of ‘Love, serve, do the best that is possible.”
To improve
- “However, there are some inconsistencies.”
- “Sometimes, staff do not check pupils’ understanding throughout lessons.”
- “This means that teaching approaches are not always precisely adapted to the needs or potential of all learners.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 18 June 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 38% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 44.9 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 274 first-preference applications, 258 offers in total, 217 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Milton Keynes.
- The Milton Keynes Academy 0.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Denbigh School 1.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Lord Grey Academy 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Shenley Brook End School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Hazeley Academy 2.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Stantonbury School 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Walton High 2.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Watling Academy 3.0 mi Outstanding Last distance published