Lord Grey Academy, Milton Keynes

Ofsted's report card from its 2 June 2026 inspection grades Lord Grey Academy on 7 areas: 7 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Expected standard. "Typically, pupils at this school achieve well."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Most pupils attend school regularly."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "The school provides a broad and ambitious curriculum."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Leaders identify pupils' needs early and accurately."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders provide steady and thoughtful leadership that ensures continuous improvement, despite the many challenges faced by the local community."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Pupils benefit from a well‑planned programme that supports their personal development from Year 7 to the sixth form."

Post 16 provision - Expected standard. "Students in the sixth form benefit from an inclusive and supportive environment."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should embed recent improvements to the curriculum and teaching so that pupils, including those with high prior attainment, achieve well across all subjects"; "Leaders should develop the enrichment offer further so there are a wider range of opportunities available to develop pupils' talents and interests".

In 2026, pupils at Lord Grey Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 40.6, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45.1 in Milton Keynes and 47 across England.

39% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 45% in Milton Keynes and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 40.4.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.1: pupils made about average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 30.9, against 45.7 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 14.8 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 24 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Art and Design.

For September 2026 entry, 241 families put Lord Grey Academy as their first choice and 423 named it as one of their preferences, for 247 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 11 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Lord Grey Academy are Lift Sir Herbert Leon (1.6 miles, Inadequate, Attainment 8 42.6); Shenley Brook End School (1.8 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44.9); St Paul's Catholic School (1.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 43.9); and The Milton Keynes Academy (2 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 40.1).

Lord Grey Academy's 2026 results were higher than 1 of these 4 schools.

Lord Grey Academy is one of 16 schools run by Tove Learning Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 42.3 in 2024/25.

Of the 254 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 89% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 47% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 3% into work.

Of the 63 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 46% went on to university or other higher education, 5% to apprenticeships and 35% into work. 7% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

35.5% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the average state school (25%), according to the 2026 school census.

In 2026, 236 pupils (16.3%) received SEN support and 36 (2.5%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

Lord Grey Academy had 67 teachers in 2026, one for every 21 pupils: fewer teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest railway station is Bletchley Rail Station, about 1060 metres away (roughly a 13-minute walk).

10 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is White Spire School (outside), 50 metres away.

In 2024/25, Lord Grey Academy issued 491 suspensions, 34.3 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 2 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Lord Grey Academy are Rickley Park Primary School (under 0.1 miles), Barleyhurst Park Primary (0.4 miles), Abbeys Primary School (0.5 miles) and Holne Chase Primary School (0.6 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.