Overall Oxbridge
#818
7 ranked schools · -165 places vs Eng avg #653 of 1,538
Applications
63
Offers
15
Offer rate23.8%
-4.9 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 28.7%
Schools in Milton Keynes
England's most extensively planned twentieth-century city, Milton Keynes was established in the late 1960s to relieve housing pressure in the southeast; at designation it absorbed the towns of Bletchley, Wolverton, and Stony Stratford, along with fifteen villages and farmland in between, and now counts around 264,000 people across its Buckinghamshire grid. Stantonbury and Tattenhoe Park complete the mix.
The River Great Ouse traces the northern boundary while the River Ouzel meanders through the city's linear parks and balancing lakes, and roughly a quarter of the urban area is parkland or woodland. Oakgrove and Thornton draw families competing for primary and secondary school places, and Middleton has long been a school-competitive corner of the city for parents working through its neighbourhood-by-neighbourhood admissions picture. Milton Keynes Central sits on the West Coast Main Line, with services running north to Birmingham New Street and south into London Euston.
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Primary
schools
14
Secondary
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6
All-through
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1
Post-16
colleges
10
Special
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3
Other
schools
of which18sixth forms·18faith·2nursery schools123 total
Area Performance
Milton Keynes schools rank in the top 48% of England
Across 99 primary, secondary and sixth-form schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 7.51/10, +0.10 vs England.
Find My School Inspection Band
13% Elite
Distribution across all Milton Keynes schools
EliteExcellentGoodDevelopingRebuilding
Milton Keynes vs England distribution
National Rank
Top 48%
Across all ranked Milton Keynes schools
Top 42%Primaryavg #6,297 of 14,821
Top 57%Secondaryavg #2,160 of 3,803
Top 69%Sixth formavg #1,753 of 2,523
Primary schools: 66 schools (state + independent)
LocalEngland avg
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.6/10
+0.30 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.3/10
Average national rank
#6,297
+8 pts vs medianmedian 7,411
top 42% of 14,821
% reaching expected RWM standardstate
66%
+4 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 62%
% reaching higher RWM standardstate
9%
+1 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 8%
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.6/10
+0.30 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.3/10
Average national rank
#6,297
+8 pts vs medianmedian 7,411
top 42% of 14,821
% reaching expected RWM standardstate
66%
+4 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 62%
% reaching higher RWM standardstate
9%
+1 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 8%
Secondary schools: 20 schools (state + independent)
LocalEngland avg
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.3/10
-0.12 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.4/10
Average national rank
#2,160
-7 pts vs medianmedian 1,902
top 57% of 3,803
Attainment 8 score (out of 90)state
47.1
+8.0 vs Eng avgEng avg 39.1
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.3/10
-0.12 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.4/10
Average national rank
#2,160
-7 pts vs medianmedian 1,902
top 57% of 3,803
Attainment 8 score (out of 90)state
47.1
+8.0 vs Eng avgEng avg 39.1
Sixth form schools: 13 schools (state + independent)
LocalEngland avg
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.2/10
-0.58 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.7/10
Average national rank
#1,753
-19 pts vs medianmedian 1,262
top 69% of 2,523
% A*-A at A-Level
16%
-9 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 25%
% A*-B at A-Level
38%
-12 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 50%
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.2/10
-0.58 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.7/10
Average national rank
#1,753
-19 pts vs medianmedian 1,262
top 69% of 2,523
% A*-A at A-Level
16%
-9 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 25%
% A*-B at A-Level
38%
-12 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 50%
Oxford
#284
9 ranked schools · -22 places vs Eng avg #262 of 1,866
Applications
25
Offers
0
Offer rate0.0%
-16.6 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 16.6%
Cambridge
#870
9 ranked schools · -171 places vs Eng avg #699 of 1,830
Applications
54
Offers
15
Offer rate27.8%
-9.2 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 37.0%
Top 3 Primary Schools
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Milton Keynes town
Top 3 Secondary Schools
2026
Milton Keynes town
Top 3 Sixth Forms
2026
Milton Keynes town
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School profiles in Milton Keynes
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