Overall Oxbridge
#1,178
12 ranked schools · -264 places vs Eng avg #914 of 1,983
Applications
74
Offers
11
Offer rate14.9%
-7.5 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 22.4%
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
13
Secondary
schools
6
All-through
schools
1
Post-16
colleges
9
Special
schools
3
Other
schools
of which18sixth forms·18faith·2nurseries121 total
Area Performance
Milton Keynes schools rank in the top 48% of England
Across 103 primary, secondary and sixth-form schools, state and independent. The average Find My School Inspection Score is 7.51/10, +0.09 vs England.
Find My School Inspection Band
13% Elite
Distribution across all Milton Keynes schools
EliteExcellentGoodDeveloping
Milton Keynes vs England distribution
National Rank
Top 48%
Across all ranked Milton Keynes schools
Top 42%Primaryavg #6,331 of 14,978
Top 56%Secondaryavg #2,171 of 3,862
Top 68%Sixth formavg #1,740 of 2,555
Primary schools: 66 schools (state + independent)
LocalEngland avg
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.6/10
+0.23 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.3/10
Average national rank
#6,331
+8 pts vs medianmedian 7,489
top 42% of 14,978
% 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
+0.23 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.3/10
Average national rank
#6,331
+8 pts vs medianmedian 7,489
top 42% of 14,978
% 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: 19 schools (state + independent)
LocalEngland avg
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.2/10
-0.17 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.4/10
Average national rank
#2,171
-6 pts vs medianmedian 1,931
top 56% of 3,862
Attainment 8 score (out of 90)state
47.1
+8.0 vs Eng avgEng avg 39.1
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.2/10
-0.17 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.4/10
Average national rank
#2,171
-6 pts vs medianmedian 1,931
top 56% of 3,862
Attainment 8 score (out of 90)state
47.1
+8.0 vs Eng avgEng avg 39.1
Sixth form schools: 18 schools (state + independent)
LocalEngland avg
Average FMS Inspection Score
7.6/10
-0.16 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.7/10
Average national rank
#1,740
-18 pts vs medianmedian 1,278
top 68% of 2,555
% 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
7.6/10
-0.16 vs Eng avgEng avg 7.7/10
Average national rank
#1,740
-18 pts vs medianmedian 1,278
top 68% of 2,555
% 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
#287
7 ranked schools · -34 places vs Eng avg #253 of 1,197
Applications
35
Offers
0
Offer rate0.0%
-15.1 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 15.1%
Cambridge
#915
11 ranked schools · -142 places vs Eng avg #773 of 1,880
Applications
39
Offers
11
Offer rate28.2%
-1.2 pts vs Eng avgEng avg 29.4%
Top 3 Primary Schools
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Milton Keynes
Top 3 Secondary Schools
2026
Milton Keynes
Top 3 Sixth Forms
2026
Milton Keynes
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