Lord Grey Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 24 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Milton Keynes
Unique reference
145736
Address
Rickley Lane, Bletchley, MK3 6EW

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1431 (91% of total capacity)
Boys
50.4%
Girls
49.6%
First language not English
15%
Free school meals (FSM)
29.6%
Persistent absence
26.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 65.2%
African 7.8%
Mixed 6.7%
Other White 6%
Bangladeshi 4.6%
Unclassified 3.3%
Pakistani 2%
Indian 1.5%
Other Asian 1.5%
Caribbean 0.6%
Other Black 0.3%
Other 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 19%
Local authority average 40%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 41%
Local authority average 44%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 40.4
Local authority average 44.2
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 3.5
Local authority average 3.93
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award55
Art & DesignGCSE1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE47
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE5
BiologyGCSE15
Business Studies:SingleGCSE61
ChemistryGCSE14
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE3
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE48
Design & TechnologyGCSE20
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Lord Grey Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
246
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
252
2nd preference
75
3rd preference
37
From another Local Authority
3
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
235
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.1
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
249
123
126
Year 8
250
128
122
Year 9
248
130
118
Year 10
249
128
121
Year 11
253
129
124
Year 12
109
46
63
Year 13
73
37
36
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
85.0%
88.3%
85.5%
Further education
45.0%
36.3%
36.9%
School sixth form
38.0%
51.3%
35.2%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.1%
12.9%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
3.0%
2.4%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.1%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
4.8%
5.7%
Destination unknown
3.0%
2.5%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
64.0%
60.2%
60.1%
Top third higher education institutions
3.0%
14.3%
18.9%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
2.6%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
2.4%
2.4%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022