Watling Academy
GCSE results are above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 50.4 against 46.1 across England.
Attainment 8, average points per pupil out of 90 · Milton Keynes 44.2 · England 46.1 · DfE performance tables, 2025
- Ofsted
- Outstanding
- Places
- —
- Pupils
- 1,767
- Free school meals
- 24.1%
Ofsted: Full inspection, 16 May 2023 · report. Places: the last distance at which places were offered is not on file (it comes from Milton Keynes’s allocation statistics). Pupils: of 2,250 places, including the sixth form. Free school meals: pupils eligible, a measure of family income.
Where do pupils go at 16?
The Department for Education has not published destination figures for this school (new school, small cohort or not a state-funded school).
Where do sixth-formers go at 18?
No published destinations for sixth-form leavers yet.
How do GCSE results compare?
Attainment 8 — average GCSE points across eight subjects, English and maths counted twice; grade 5 in everything scores 50.
DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · 181 pupils in Year 11
55% got grade 5 or above in both English and maths (Milton Keynes 44%, England 45%).
Grade 5 — a “strong pass”; grade 4 is a “standard pass”. Progress 8 is not published for 2025: this cohort had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020–21, so there is no baseline.
All GCSE measures10
| Measure | Watling Academy | Milton Keynes | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 50.4 | 44.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 55% | 44% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 78% | 63% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 72% | 40% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.74 | 3.94 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 23% | 27% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 43.1 | 33.1 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 52.5 | 48.4 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 24% | 25% | 19% |
What do pupils study?
Mapped — the share of the 2,029 learning outcomes the Department for Education sets for these stages that the subjects taken here cover, weighted by how many pupils take each.
DfE subject entries 2025 · curriculum catalogue by sch.today
Sociology stands out at GCSE — 24% of the year group took it, against 4% across England.
Fields of knowledge — twelve fields the curriculum catalogue sorts every learning outcome into; the bars show the GCSE and A level ring.
GCSE subjects28
Entries 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 | 181 | 100% | 89% | 14% | 20% | 72% |
| Mathematics | 181 | 100% | 88% | 31% | 22% | 85% |
| English Literature | 179 | 99% | 86% | 18% | 21% | 82% |
| Combined Science | 127 | 70% | 65% | 14% | 9% | 65% |
| Geography | 123 | 68% | 41% | 23% | 25% | 70% |
| Spanish | 113 | 62% | 19% | 10% | 27% | 45% |
| History | 58 | 32% | 41% | 19% | 26% | 52% |
| Computer Science | 55 | 30% | 13% | 24% | 30% | 73% |
| Biology | 52 | 29% | 23% | 38% | 45% | 85% |
| Chemistry | 51 | 28% | 23% | 51% | 47% | 88% |
| Physics | 51 | 28% | 23% | 45% | 46% | 92% |
| Sociology | 44 | 24% | 4% | 25% | 21% | 73% |
| Fine Art | 42 | 23% | 9% | 14% | 28% | 86% |
| Religious Studies | 24 | 13% | 31% | 46% | 32% | 88% |
| Physical Education | 23 | 13% | 11% | 9% | 24% | 70% |
| Food Preparation and Nutrition | 22 | 12% | 8% | 14% | 21% | 45% |
| Design and Technology | 21 | 12% | 11% | 19% | 23% | 57% |
| Chinese | 16 | 9% | 1% | 31% | 75% | 69% |
| Music | 13 | 7% | 5% | 8% | 33% | 38% |
| Drama | 13 | 7% | 7% | 15% | 27% | 62% |
| Arabic | 5 | 3% | 1% | — | 47% | — |
| Portuguese | 4 | 2% | 0% | — | 50% | — |
| Polish | 4 | 2% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Turkish | 3 | 2% | 0% | — | 71% | — |
| Urdu | 2 | 1% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
| Persian | 2 | 1% | 0% | — | 77% | — |
| Citizenship Studies | 1 | 1% | 3% | — | 19% | — |
| Business Studies | 1 | 1% | 18% | — | 20% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications4
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering Studies | 41 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 21 | — | — |
| Health Studies | 14 | — | — |
| Tourism | 13 | — | — |
Fields of knowledge, all stages12
Ideas pupils meet most, weighted by the share of the cohort taking the subjects that teach them:
Coverage counts a subject’s outcomes in proportion to the share of the cohort entered for it; Combined Science counts as two thirds of the three separate sciences. Levels follow ISCED 2011 as UNESCO maps it for the UK: Key Stage 3 is ISCED 2; GCSE and A level are both ISCED 3. Methodology: about the data.
Which jobs use what’s taught here?
A match of what’s taught, not of entry requirements: the standards whose knowledge and skills share the most ideas with the GCSEs and A levels taken here, weighted by how many pupils take each subject.
Level 3 / Level 6 — England’s qualification levels: 3 is A level standard, 4–5 are higher apprenticeships, 6 is a bachelor’s degree.
Skills England apprenticeship standards (Open Government Licence v3.0) · ESCO occupations, © European Union, matched by sch.today · how the match works
More apprenticeships9
How do you get a place?
The last distance at which Watling Academy offered Year 7 places is not yet on file; it comes from Milton Keynes’s allocation statistics.
- 31 OctApply to Milton Keynes in Year 6 for a Year 7 place
- 1 MarNational Offer Day
- Dec–FebYear 11: apply directly to the sixth form; most close applications in these months
Compare with nearby schools
More Milton Keynes schools3
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.