GCSE results 2026

Milton Keynes GCSE results 2026

Provisional 2025/26 results for 14 state secondary schools in Milton Keynes, 3,759 pupils. Milton Keynes ranks 106 of 151 councils for Attainment 8, which rose by 0.2 points on 2025.

Grade 5+ English & maths

45.4%

2.4 pts below England

Grade 7+ English & maths

13.1%

1.6 pts below England

Attainment 8

45.4

2.2 points below England

Council rank

106 / 151

By average Attainment 8

Milton Keynes at a glance

Highest Attainment 8: Denbigh School (56.2).
Schools range from 32.8 to 56.2 on Attainment 8, a spread of 23.4 points, so the school you choose matters more than the council average.
Disadvantaged pupils averaged 35.4, 14.4 points behind their classmates (a wider gap than England’s 13.8). They did best at Denbigh School (46.5).
Most improved on 2025: Lift Sir Herbert Leon, up 8.9 points to 42.6.

Every Milton Keynes secondary school, ranked

Ranked by Attainment 8 · 2025/26 provisional · E&M: English and maths

#	School	Pupils	Attainment 8	vs 2025	Grade 4+ E&M	Grade 5+ E&M	Grade 7+ E&M	Disadvantaged A8
1	Denbigh School	258	56.2	+1.9	78.3%	64.0%	27.5%	46.5
2	Oakgrove School	297	53.5	−1.2	79.1%	62.0%	24.9%	41.2
3	E-Act Ousedale School	358	50.8	+1.4	74.3%	54.5%	13.7%	36.1
4	Watling Academy	299	49.1	−1.3	71.2%	52.8%	16.1%	42.7
5	The Hazeley Academy	242	47.4	+2.0	70.2%	50.4%	11.6%	37.1
6	Kents Hill Park all-through school	148	45.5	−4.7	65.5%	46.6%	10.8%	40.2
7	Shenley Brook End School	303	44.9	−0.5	65.0%	43.6%	11.6%	33.9
8	Walton High	479	44.0	−2.4	60.5%	42.6%	12.5%	35.0
9	St Paul's Catholic SchoolRoman Catholic	292	43.9	−1.0	62.3%	37.7%	9.2%	37.8
10	Lift Sir Herbert Leon	115	42.6	+8.9	64.3%	47.0%	9.6%	38.6
11	Lord Grey Academy	249	40.6	+0.2	54.2%	39.4%	7.6%	30.9
12	The Radcliffe School	203	40.3	+2.1	57.6%	35.5%	11.8%	30.8
13	The Milton Keynes Academy	226	40.1	−0.7	48.7%	28.8%	5.8%	33.1
14	Stantonbury School	290	32.8	0.0	41.0%	26.9%	5.9%	28.2
	England average		47.6		66.8%	47.8%	14.7%	37.7

Disadvantaged A8: Attainment 8 of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years or looked after; blank where the school has too few to publish. Small year groups move more from year to year.

Milton Keynes against the rest of the South East

Grade 5+ in English and maths, 2026

Reading these figures

Attainment 8 is out of 90: a pupil’s grades in eight GCSE slots added up, with English and maths counted twice.
There is no Progress 8 this year (these pupils sat no KS2 SATs), so results partly reflect each school’s intake.
These are provisional figures; revised ones with re-marks follow in early 2027.
Source: Department for Education, Key stage 4 performance (school-level data). Council figures are our pupil-weighted calculation over state-funded mainstream schools; independent schools are not included.