Brooklands Academy, Milton Keynes
Brooklands Academy is a secondary school for pupils aged 11 to 18 in Milton Keynes, part of 5 Dimensions Trust.
Year 7 applications for September 2027 close in 5 days
Deadline Saturday 31 October 2026. Apply to Milton Keynes (the council where you live). Offers on 1 March.
Data last updated 26 Oct 2026
Brooklands Academy in detail
Getting a place at Brooklands Academy
Across Milton Keynes, 82% of families were offered their first-choice secondary school for 2026 entry, and 97% were offered one of the schools they named.
In 2026, families in Milton Keynes lodged 153 appeals against secondary school offers; 129 reached a hearing and 13 succeeded (10.1% of those heard).
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state secondary schools to Brooklands Academy are Glebe Farm School (1.1 miles); Oakgrove School (1.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 53.5); Kents Hill Park all-through school (1.7 miles, Good, Attainment 8 45.5); and Walton High (1.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44).
Glebe Farm SchoolOakgrove SchoolKents Hill Park all-through schoolWalton High
The trust
Brooklands Academy is one of 7 schools run by 5 Dimensions Trust, an academy trust.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Woburn Sands Rail Station, about 2.1 miles away in a straight line.
1 bus stop is within a five-minute walk; the closest is Brooklands Square (w-bound), 360 metres away.
The area around the school
In August 2026, police recorded 90 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Milton Keynes (156).
Primary schools nearby
The primary schools closest to Brooklands Academy are Broughton Fields Primary School (0.9 miles), Brooklands Farm Primary School (1 mile), Monkston Primary School (1.3 miles) and St Mary's Wavendon CofE Primary (1.3 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.
Broughton Fields Primary SchoolBrooklands Farm Primary SchoolMonkston Primary SchoolSt Mary's Wavendon CofE Primary
Sources: DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime
Location
Our estimate from how close the nearest similar schools are and how oversubscribed the council's schools are. It is not a published boundary.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
No inspection data available
At a Glance
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby secondary schools
Keep up with Brooklands Academy
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Brooklands Academy from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Brooklands Academy is in Milton Keynes; for families living there:
- Milton Keynes's school travel policy: School Travel Support Policy
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 8
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 3
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 8 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 7 slight.
3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 2 on a bicycle.
4 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Milton Keynes is 8 (the median across 125 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Commute and house prices
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What the report includes for Brooklands Academy:
- The straight-line distance from your home to Brooklands Academy.
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- How many families in Milton Keynes got their first choice, and how often appeals there succeed.
- The nearest state schools to your home, with Ofsted rating, demand and last distance offered where published.
- Key dates for September 2027 entry and how to apply.
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Capacity & Demand
Area Demand Pressure - Milton Keynes
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Milton Keynes
Across Milton Keynes council
Places available
3,905
Applications
3,768
Got 1st preference
82.2%
Got preferred school
96.9%
All secondary applications across Milton Keynes council (2026/27), not just this school.
Feeder Primary Schools
Primary schools that likely feed into this school, based on proximity
Brooklands Academy
Questions parents ask about Brooklands Academy
What is the catchment area for Brooklands Academy?
No fixed boundary. When Brooklands Academy is oversubscribed, Milton Keynes allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
How do I apply to Brooklands Academy?
Apply through Milton Keynes's coordinated admissions process, naming Brooklands Academy on your application. Applications for Year 7 places starting in September 2027 close on Saturday 31 October 2026, and offers are made on Monday 1 March 2027.
How many road collisions happen near Brooklands Academy?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 8 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 7 slight. 3 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on foot and 2 on a bicycle. 4 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Milton Keynes is 8 (the median across 125 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Brooklands Academy?
Brooklands Academy is at Brooklands Academy, Fen Street, Brooklands, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK10 7HE.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)