Denbigh School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,778 pupils
91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 54.3
Academy special sponsor led
Stephenson Academy
- Pupils on roll
- 120of 120 places
- Free school meals
- 66.7%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 26
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 10 June 2025Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The Gatehouse School (URN 110591, until 1 April 2012).
What the data says
Of the 8 pupils who finished Year 11 at Stephenson Academy in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 38% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
25% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 6.0 against 46.1 across England and 44.2 in Milton Keynes, with 0% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Milton Keynes and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Stephenson Academy | Milton Keynes | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 8 | 3,422 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 63% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 63% | 89% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 0% | 50% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | — | 13% |
| — further education college | 38% | 36% | 37% |
| — other education | 25% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| Employment | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 25% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 13% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Stephenson Academy | Milton Keynes | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 6.0 | 44.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 0% | 44% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 0% | 63% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 0% | 40% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 0.27 | 3.94 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 69% | 27% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 5.7 | 33.1 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 6.9 | 48.4 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 4% | 25% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language | 17 | 65% | 89% | 0% | 20% | 0% |
| Mathematics | 16 | 62% | 88% | 0% | 22% | 6% |
| Biology | 12 | 46% | 23% | 0% | 45% | 0% |
| English Literature | 9 | 35% | 86% | 0% | 21% | 0% |
| Art and Design | 5 | 19% | 7% | — | 24% | — |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 5 | 19% | 8% | — | 21% | — |
Other secondary schools in Milton Keynes
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Academy converter · sixth form · 2,239 pupils
87% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.4
Kents Hill Park all-through school
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86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 50.2
Lift Sir Herbert Leon
Academy sponsor led · 589 pupils
63% stayed in education · Attainment 8 33.7
Lord Grey Academy
Academy sponsor led · sixth form · 1,446 pupils
85% stayed in education · Attainment 8 40.4
Oakgrove School
Academy converter · sixth form · 2,527 pupils
93% stayed in education · Attainment 8 54.7
Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.