Fulbrook School
Weathercock Lane, Woburn Sands, Milton Keynes, MK17 8NP
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 9 to 16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- KINGSBRIDGE EDUCATIONAL TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Samantha Clancy
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Kingsbridge Educational Trust
- Constituency
- Mid Bedfordshire
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 700
- Pupils on roll
- 551
- URN
- 137904
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01908582022
About this school
Fulbrook School is a secondary academy in Milton Keynes. It teaches children aged 9 to 16 and has 551 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 121 | 58 | 53 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 59% | 46% | 40% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 2% | 2% |
| Expected standard in reading | 77% | 69% | 66% |
| Expected standard in maths | 71% | 50% | 49% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 73% | 57% | 60% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 104.0 | 102.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 100.0 | 99.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.90 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 73 |
| Attainment 8 score | 42.9 |
| Progress 8 score | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 37% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 64.4% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 24.7% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.7 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Fulbrook School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Central Bedfordshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 59% | 47.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 46% | 49.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 40% | 49.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 9.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 451 |
| 2023/24 | 503 |
| 2024/25 | 554 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Fulbrook School compares
Fulbrook School ranked 9th of 14 secondary schools in Central Bedfordshire for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 49% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 11% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 42.9 | 9.1% | 16.8% | 551 | — |
| Walton High | 46.4 | 10% | 25% | 2,969 | 1.8 miles |
| Lift Sir Herbert Leon | 33.7 | 12.8% | 55.3% | 589 | 4.2 miles |
| The Milton Keynes Academy | 40.8 | 8.7% | 48.2% | 923 | 4.5 miles |
| Lord Grey Academy | 40.4 | 8.9% | 34.7% | 1,446 | 4.6 miles |
| St Paul's Catholic School | 44.9 | 6.8% | 29% | 1,890 | 4.6 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 16.79%
- English as an additional language
- 11.6%
- Overall absence
- 9.14%
- Persistent absence
- 30.12%
Location
Nearby schools
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Walton High1.8 miles
Secondary · Milton Keynes
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Lift Sir Herbert Leon4.2 miles
Secondary · Milton Keynes
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The Milton Keynes Academy4.5 miles
Secondary · Milton Keynes
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Lord Grey Academy4.6 miles
Secondary · Milton Keynes
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St Paul's Catholic School4.6 miles
Secondary · Milton Keynes
Other schools in Milton Keynes
Fulbrook School ranks 9th of the 14 ranked secondary schools in Milton Keynes.
- Denbigh School Secondary
- Lift Sir Herbert Leon Secondary
- Lord Grey Academy Secondary
- Shenley Brook End School Secondary
- St Paul's Catholic School Secondary
- Stantonbury School Secondary
- The Hazeley Academy Secondary
- The Milton Keynes Academy Secondary
- The Radcliffe School Secondary
- Walton High Secondary
- Watling Academy Secondary
- Knowles Nursery School Nursery
Common questions
- What year groups does Fulbrook School teach?
- Fulbrook School teaches children aged 9 to 16. It is a secondary school in Milton Keynes.
- Who is the headteacher of Fulbrook School?
- The headteacher of Fulbrook School is Mrs Samantha Clancy, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Fulbrook School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Fulbrook School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Fulbrook School?
- Fulbrook School has 551 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 9 to 16.
- Is Fulbrook School full?
- Fulbrook School has capacity for 700 pupils and 551 on roll (79%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Fulbrook School a faith school?
- No. Fulbrook School has no designated religious character.
- Is Fulbrook School a selective school?
- No. Fulbrook School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Fulbrook School?
- Fulbrook School is part of KINGSBRIDGE EDUCATIONAL TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Fulbrook School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 59% in 2022/23 and 40% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Fulbrook School rank locally?
- Fulbrook School ranked 9th of 14 secondary schools in Central Bedfordshire for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 49% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 11% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Fulbrook School's absence rate?
- Fulbrook School's overall absence rate is 9.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Fulbrook School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Fulbrook School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 1 July 2026.