Schools in Milton Keynes
121 schools in the Milton Keynes local authority.
Schools
121
Open schools
Pupils
52,938
2025–26 census
Good or better
97%
95 of 98 graded
Academic Performance
5.4
out of 10 · 110 schools
Ofsted ratings
- Outstanding
- 13 13%
- Good
- 82 84%
- Requires improvement
- 3 3%
- Inadequate
- 0 0%
14 inspected since 2024, no overall grade2 superseded by a report card9 not judged
5.4
Academic PerformanceAveraged over 110 of 121 schools that can be scored
Pupils
52,938
pupils on roll
Boys 51%49% Girls
Roll from 120 of 121 schools (52,938 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Ethnicity
White
52%Asian
17%Black
15%Mixed
9%Chinese
3%Any other group
2%Unclassified
2%Ethnicity from 112 of 121 schools (51,847 pupils). Independent schools report roll and sex only.
Pupil characteristics
- Free school meals
- 25.4%
- First language not English
- 30.2%
- Young carers
- <1%
13,169 of 51,847 pupils · 112 of 121 schools
15,656 of 51,847 pupils · 112 of 121 schools
417 of 51,738 pupils · 110 of 121 schools
Schools by phase
- Primary
- 91
- Secondary
- 14
- All-through
- 2
- Special
- 7
- Nursery
- 2
- PRU
- 1
- Not recorded
- 4
Top primary schools in Milton Keynes
The 20 highest-scoring primary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Caroline Haslett Primary SchoolMilton Keynes · Primary10.0/10Outstanding
- 2.Middleton Primary SchoolMilton Keynes · Primary9.9/10Outstanding
- 3.The Premier AcademyMilton Keynes · Primary9.7/10Outstanding
- 4.Two Mile Ash SchoolMilton Keynes · Primary9.7/10Outstanding
- 5.Stanton SchoolMilton Keynes · Primary9.5/10Outstanding
- 6.Brooklands Farm Primary SchoolMilton Keynes · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- 7.Drayton Park SchoolMilton Keynes · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- 8.Newton Blossomville Church of England SchoolMilton Keynes · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- 9.Olney Infant AcademyMilton Keynes · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- 10.Russell Street SchoolMilton Keynes · Primary9.4/10Outstanding
- 11.Haversham Village SchoolMilton Keynes · Primary8.6/10Good
- 12.Priory Rise SchoolMilton Keynes · Primary8.4/10
- 13.Whitehouse Primary SchoolMilton Keynes · Primary8.4/10Good
- 14.St Mary Magdalene Catholic Primary SchoolMilton Keynes · Primary8.0/10
- 15.Bow Brickhill CofE VA Primary SchoolMilton Keynes · Primary7.8/10Good
- 16.St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary SchoolMilton Keynes · Primary7.8/10
- 17.Bishop Parker Catholic SchoolMilton Keynes · Primary7.4/10Good
- 18.Wavendon Gate SchoolMilton Keynes · Primary7.1/10Good
- 19.Loughton SchoolMilton Keynes · Primary6.9/10
- 20.Giles Brook Primary SchoolMilton Keynes · Primary6.7/10Good
Top secondary schools in Milton Keynes
The highest-scoring secondary schools here on Academic Performance, which combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment.
- 1.Watling Academy Milton Keynes · Secondary9.6/10Outstanding
- 2.Denbigh SchoolMilton Keynes · Secondary8.5/10Good
- 3.Oakgrove SchoolMilton Keynes · Secondary8.5/10Good
- 4.Kents Hill Park all-through schoolMilton Keynes · Secondary7.8/10Good
- 5.E-Act Ousedale SchoolMilton Keynes · Secondary7.3/10
- 6.Walton HighMilton Keynes · Secondary6.3/10Good
- 7.Shenley Brook End SchoolMilton Keynes · Secondary5.9/10Good
- 8.The Hazeley AcademyMilton Keynes · Secondary5.9/10Good
- 9.St Paul's Catholic SchoolMilton Keynes · Secondary3.9/10Good
- 10.Lord Grey AcademyMilton Keynes · Secondary3.0/10Good
- 11.The Milton Keynes AcademyMilton Keynes · Secondary2.8/10
- 12.The Radcliffe SchoolMilton Keynes · Secondary2.4/10
- 13.Sir Herbert Leon AcademyMilton Keynes · Secondary1.5/10
- 14.Stantonbury SchoolMilton Keynes · Secondary0.1/10Requires improvement
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About schools in Milton Keynes
- How many schools are there in Milton Keynes?
- Milton Keynes has 121 open schools — 91 primary, 14 secondary, 7 special, 2 nursery, teaching 52,938 pupils in total.
- How many schools in Milton Keynes are rated Good or Outstanding?
- 95 of the 98 schools holding an Ofsted grade — 97% — are rated Good or Outstanding, including 13 rated Outstanding. That share is measured against graded schools, not all 121: a school inspected since September 2024 has no overall grade at all.
- What is the average Academic Performance in Milton Keynes?
- 5.4 out of 10, averaged across the 110 schools here that can be scored, where 5 is the national average. Academic Performance combines the Ofsted judgement with DfE attainment and is ranked against comparable schools, so it is neither figure on its own.
- Why do some Milton Keynes schools have no Ofsted rating?
- 23 schools in Milton Keynes currently hold no overall grade. Ofsted stopped awarding single-word judgements in September 2024 and moved to a report card of separately graded areas, so schools inspected since then have no overall rating whatever the inspection found. Their profiles show the report card instead.
- What does Milton Keynes local authority do?
- A local authority is the body responsible for state education in its area — the level most admissions and school-place decisions are made at. Milton Keynes covers 121 schools and sits in the South East region. It does not run academies or independent schools directly, though it still coordinates admissions for most of them.
- How many pupils in Milton Keynes are eligible for free school meals?
- 25.4% — 13,169 of 51,847 pupils at the 112 schools that report it. Independent schools file a return with roll and sex only, so they are outside this figure rather than counted as zero.
Part of the South East region.