Stantonbury School
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–19 · Milton Keynes
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Milton Keynes City Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2022–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Stantonbury School is a secondary school in Milton Keynes for ages 11–19 (academy sponsor led). Milton Keynes has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2022 to 2026 entry.
Stantonbury 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 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| 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, every applicant was offered a place, as at 4 of the 11 other Milton Keynes secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- For Year 7 in 2026, there were 143 first-choice applications for 216 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 26% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Milton Keynes.
- There are 21 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 17.5 across 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
- Purbeck, Stantonbury, Milton Keynes, MK14 6BN
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–19
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Milton Keynes
- Pupils on roll
- 1,409 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 39.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 3 March 2026
Strengths
- “The school has started to take steps to improve pupils' learning experiences.”
- “As a result, pupils typically follow classroom expectations and participate in learning.”
- “Some enjoy their studies and are motivated to succeed.”
To improve
- “Pupils in the school do not achieve as well as they should in national examinations by the end of key stage 4.”
- “Often, pupils do not secure the knowledge that they need to be well prepared for their next steps.”
- “There are too many pupils with high rates of absence.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 July 2026 (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) | 26% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 32.8 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | D+ | 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: 143 first-preference applications, 216 offers in total, 143 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.
- E-Act Ousedale School 2.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Radcliffe School 2.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- The Milton Keynes Academy 2.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Paul's Catholic School 2.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Denbigh School 2.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Watling Academy 2.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- The Hazeley Academy 3.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Shenley Brook End School 3.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published