St Paul's Catholic School, Milton Keynes

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football and tennis.

The school runs after-school care until 6:00pm.

In 2026, pupils at St Paul's Catholic School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 43.9, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 45.1 in Milton Keynes and 47 across England.

38% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 45% in Milton Keynes and 47% in England.

That is down from 44.9 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.03: 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 37.8, against 46.8 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 9 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 27 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and Design and Technology.

For September 2026 entry, 274 families put St Paul's Catholic School as their first choice and 568 named it as one of their preferences, for 258 places offered. That is 1.1 first choices for every place. 57 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to St Paul's Catholic School are The Milton Keynes Academy (0.2 miles, Requires improvement, Attainment 8 40.1); Denbigh School (1.6 miles, Good, Attainment 8 56.2); Lord Grey Academy (1.9 miles, Good, Attainment 8 40.6); and Shenley Brook End School (2 miles, Good, Attainment 8 44.9).

St Paul's Catholic School's 2026 results were higher than 2 of these 4 schools.

115 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about St Paul's Catholic School (as of September 2025): 87% would recommend the school, 91% say their child is happy there and 76% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.

The strongest agreement was that their child feels safe (91%); the weakest, that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (76%).

Of the 300 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 94% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 20% to a further education college and 1% to an apprenticeship.

Of the 205 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 60% went on to university or other higher education, 8% to apprenticeships and 15% into work. 9% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

62.1% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are Black (35%), White British (23%) and Asian (10%).

St Paul's Catholic School has a resourced provision (66 places, 80 pupils on roll) and a SEN unit (24 places, 27 pupils on roll) for visual impairment, hearing impairment, speech, language and communication needs, autism, social, emotional and mental health needs and moderate learning difficulties.

St Paul's Catholic School had 145 teachers in 2026, one for every 13 pupils: more teachers per pupil than a typical secondary school, at about one for every 17.

The nearest railway station is Milton Keynes Central Rail Station, about 1 mile away in a straight line.

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is St Paul's Catholic School (se-bound), 60 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood St Paul's Catholic School stands in is among the 20% most deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 396 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Milton Keynes (156), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, St Paul's Catholic School issued 284 suspensions, 15.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to St Paul's Catholic School are Oldbrook First School and Nursery (0.4 miles), New Chapter Primary School (0.6 miles), Jubilee Wood Primary School (0.7 miles) and Falconhurst School (0.7 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.