Watling Academy
Ofsted: Outstanding
Score
B72
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Milton Keynes, MK8 1EP
- Distance
- 2.9km away
The Radcliffe School
Christchurch Grove, Wolverton, Milton Keynes, MK12 5BT
Local ranking13th of 15 secondary schools in Milton Keynes
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1275
Capacity
11-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Ofsted Inspection
Inspected 4 March 2025 — from September 2024 Ofsted no longer gave an overall grade, but each area below was judged in full
Safeguarding standards Met
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour & attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership & management
- Good
- Sixth form provision
- Good
Scale: Outstanding · Good · Requires improvement · Inadequate
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 38.2 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 32.2% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 52.6% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 62.6% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.4 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 211
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Continued in education
- 83.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 83.0%
- Higher education
- 36.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 8.0%
- Employment
- 36.0%
- Not sustained
- 13.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C
Avg A-Level Grade
29.4
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
33.1
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
75
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 19.2% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 28.5
- 16-18 Cohort
- 165
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1210
- Boys
- 592 (49%)
- Girls
- 618 (51%)
- Capacity
- 1275 (95% full)
- SEND
- 19.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 41.0%
- EAL
- 16.2%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.1%
- SEN Support
- 16.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 75.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,625/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.7% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 26.4% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 63.4%
- Asian Pakistani: 9.4%
- Black African: 7.1%
- White Other: 4.5%
- Asian Other: 2.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 2.2%
- Mixed White & Asian: 2.1%
- Mixed Other: 1.8%
63.4%
White British
9.4%
Asian Pakistani
7.1%
Black African
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Christchurch Grove
Milton Keynes, South East
Administrative
- URN
- 110532
- UKPRN
- 10006791
- Establishment No.
- 5406
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