Fulbrook School

Academy converter·Primary school Milton Keynes, Central Bedfordshire·MK17 8NP
Composite score
28.3
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#13,641
National rank
#1518
In East of England
#36
In Central Bedfordshire
Top 92%
Nationally

Primary performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
40%
% achieving higher RWM
2%
Reading average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
99.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
31 first choices, 40 places
First choices per place
0.78
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
74
any preference, for 40 places
Applications from another council area
77%

Every child who put Fulbrook School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

Secondary performance (KS4 GCSE)

Fulbrook School is an all-through school covering ages 9–16, so it has two sets of results. The headline score above reflects its primary (KS2) results, ranked against other primaries; its GCSE (KS4) results — ranked separately against other secondaries — are shown here.

#2,078
National rank
#227
In East of England
#10
In Central Bedfordshire
Top 65%
Nationally
Attainment 8 score
42.9
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
37%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
64%
% EBacc grade 5+
12%
EBacc average points score
3.72

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 20/01/2026 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Inclusion
Expected standard
Safeguarding standards
Met

School profile

Age range
9–16
Pupils on roll
554
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
16.8%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
11.6%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
8.7%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
4.0%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.8%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
25.7%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.1
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,346
Typical secondary: £7,815

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

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Location

Fulbrook School at a glance

Located in Milton Keynes, Central Bedfordshire, Fulbrook School is an all-through school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 554 pupils aged 9 to 16. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Requires improvement' when it was last inspected in January 2026. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 40% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — well below the national average of 61%. That is down 6.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. At GCSE, the school's average Attainment 8 score was 42.9, below the national average of 46. On our composite score, Fulbrook School ranks in the lower half of primary schools nationally for its primary (KS2) results. For its secondary (KS4) results, it ranks in the lower half of secondary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 102 in reading and 99 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 2% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). At Key Stage 4, 37% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. Overall pupil absence was 8.8%. There are about 16.1 pupils per teacher. If you are considering Fulbrook School, it may be worth asking how leaders have responded to Ofsted's findings and what has changed since the inspection. 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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