Miltoncross Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Jan 25 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Portsmouth
Unique reference
140605
Address
Milton Road, Milton, PO3 6RB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
915 (90% of total capacity)
Boys
49.4%
Girls
50.6%
First language not English
15.7%
Free school meals (FSM)
36.7%
Persistent absence
30.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
17.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 72.5%
Other White 6.6%
Mixed 5.8%
African 3.6%
Other 3.1%
Unclassified 2%
Bangladeshi 1.6%
Other Asian 1.5%
Indian 0.9%
Other Black 0.8%
Chinese 0.8%
Pakistani 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.61
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.46
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 45%
Local authority average 34%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 22%
Local authority average 32%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 36
Local authority average 38.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.24
Local authority average 3.29
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award18
Speech & DramaTechnical Award15
TourismTechnical Award25
Art & DesignGCSE27
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE40
BiologyGCSE20
ChemistryGCSE18
English LanguageGCSE163
English LiteratureGCSE161
FrenchGCSE1
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Miltoncross Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
175
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
110
2nd preference
101
3rd preference
58
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
110
2nd preference
29
3rd preference
11
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
201
100
101
Year 8
184
86
98
Year 9
189
99
90
Year 10
166
78
88
Year 11
175
89
86
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
83.6%
86.5%
Further education
86.0%
76.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
1.0%
4.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
2.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.6%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
4.5%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.8%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
7.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022