Denbigh School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–19 · Milton Keynes
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.45 miles
Published by Milton Keynes City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Denbigh School is a secondary school in Milton Keynes for ages 11–19 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 27 November 2024. Milton Keynes has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
Denbigh 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 | 1.45 mi |
| 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 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.45 miles away, the 2nd shortest of 6 Milton Keynes secondary schools with a published last distance.
- That 2026 Year 7 last distance was nearer the school than in 2025 and further than in 2022, and it has swung sharply between some years.
- In Year 7 2026 there were 327 first-choice applications for 257 offers: 232 offers went to first-choice families, and 95 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 68% of pupils got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Milton Keynes.
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
- Burchard Crescent, Shenley Church End, Milton Keynes, MK5 6EX
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Milton Keynes
- Pupils on roll
- 1,778 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 27 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils feel happy and safe at this school.”
- “The renewed vision of ‘aspire, innovate, achieve and belong’ is highly evident.”
- “This is because the school is ambitious for all pupils, including pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
To improve
- “However, the school rightly recognises that there are still some aspects that could improve further.”
- “For example, not all teachers adapt the curriculum for pupils with SEND fully effectively.”
- “This means these pupils do not always learn as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 13 January 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) | 68% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 54.3 | 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: 327 first-preference applications, 257 offers in total, 232 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 Hazeley Academy 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Shenley Brook End School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Watling Academy 1.5 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Paul's Catholic School 1.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- The Milton Keynes Academy 1.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Lord Grey Academy 2.5 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Stantonbury School 2.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Radcliffe School 2.8 mi Not judged Last distance published