Stantonbury School
About the school
Stantonbury School is an open secondary school in Milton Keynes.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 3 March 2026
- Published
- 16 July 2026
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
Category of concern: SM
Published inspection outcomes
Safeguarding
Met
Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Needs attention
Achievement
Urgent improvement
Attendance and behaviour
Urgent improvement
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Post-16 provision
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Urgent improvement
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Good
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 32.8
- Milton Keynes
- 44.2
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Milton Keynes
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 26.40%
- Milton Keynes
- 44.20%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 46.20%
- Milton Keynes
- 63.30%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 8.40%
- Milton Keynes
- 40.30%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 2.77
- Milton Keynes
- 3.94
- England
- 4.09
A levels and sixth form
Average A-level grade
- School
- D+
Average A-level points
- School
- 21.84
AAB or better
- School
- 0.00%
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
1486
Girls
47.11%
Boys
52.89%
SEN support
13.06%
Education, health and care plan
2.02%
English as an additional language
23.10%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
41.99%
Overall absence
16.35
Persistent absence
43.8
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
274
Sustained education or employment
88%
Education
84%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
2%
Not sustained
8%
After 16–18 study
Cohort
77
Sustained education or employment
84%
Higher education
44%
Further education
1%
Apprenticeship
4%
Employment
35%