Denbigh School

Academy converter·Secondary school Milton Keynes·MK5 6EX
Composite score
67.9
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National rank
#110
In South East
#2
In Milton Keynes
Top 16%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
54.3
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
68%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
79%
% EBacc grade 5+
44%
EBacc average points score
5.25

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
71%
327 first choices, 257 places
First choices per place
1.27
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
1,201
any preference, for 257 places
Applications from another council area
3%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.13
00.511.52
1 per place
1.5720221.4320231.1020241.1420251.272026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Denbigh School yet. Milton Keynes does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–19
Pupils on roll
1,784
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
19.3%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
22.0%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.0%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
1.8%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
6.2%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
14.7%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.9
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,186
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
94%
260 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
91%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
2%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

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Location

School overview

Denbigh School is a secondary school serving Milton Keynes, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 1,784 pupils aged 11 to 19 on roll. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 54.3, above the national average of 46. That is down 1.3 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 16% of secondary schools in England.

68% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. 79% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Competition for places is real here - 71% of first-choice applicants were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026 (327 first choices for 257 places). After Year 11, 94% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 6.2%. There are about 16.9 pupils per teacher. Denbigh School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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