Lord Grey Academy
Rickley Lane, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, MK3 6EW
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 11 to 19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Trust
- TOVE LEARNING TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs Samantha Satyanadhan
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sponsor
- Tove Learning Trust
- Constituency
- Buckingham and Bletchley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,561
- Pupils on roll
- 1,446
- URN
- 145736
- Local authority
- Milton Keynes
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01908626110
About this school
Lord Grey Academy is a secondary academy in Milton Keynes. It teaches children aged 11 to 19 and has 1,446 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. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person 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
- Post-16 provision
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 252 | 254 | 249 |
| Attainment 8 score | 39.0 | 43.0 | 40.4 |
| Progress 8 score | -0.34 -0.51 to -0.16 | -0.10 -0.28 to +0.08 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 35% | 42.1% | 41.4% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 56% | 63.8% | 63.1% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 9% | 23.6% | 18.5% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 3.3 | 3.8 | 3.5 |
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 Lord Grey Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Milton Keynes average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 39 | 43.3 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 43 | 43.5 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 40.4 | 44.2 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,420 |
| 2023/24 | 1,414 |
| 2024/25 | 1,431 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Lord Grey Academy compares
Lord Grey Academy ranked 11th of 14 secondary schools in Milton Keynes for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 40% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 12% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 40.4 | 8.9% | 34.7% | 1,446 | — |
| Lift Sir Herbert Leon | 33.7 | 12.8% | 55.3% | 589 | 1.6 miles |
| Shenley Brook End School | 45.4 | 8.3% | 20.6% | 1,845 | 1.8 miles |
| St Paul's Catholic School | 44.9 | 6.8% | 29% | 1,890 | 1.9 miles |
| The Milton Keynes Academy | 40.8 | 8.7% | 48.2% | 923 | 2.0 miles |
| Denbigh School | 54.3 | 6.4% | 19.3% | 1,778 | 2.5 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
-
Graded inspection report2 June 2026
- 24 May 2022
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 34.67%
- English as an additional language
- 15%
- Overall absence
- 8.91%
- Persistent absence
- 26.16%
Location
Nearby schools
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Lift Sir Herbert Leon1.6 miles
Secondary · Milton Keynes
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Shenley Brook End School1.8 miles
Secondary · Milton Keynes
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St Paul's Catholic School1.9 miles
Secondary · Milton Keynes
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The Milton Keynes Academy2.0 miles
Secondary · Milton Keynes
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Denbigh School2.5 miles
Secondary · Milton Keynes
Other schools in Milton Keynes
Lord Grey Academy ranks 12th of the 15 ranked secondary schools in Milton Keynes.
- Brooklands Academy Secondary
- Denbigh School Secondary
- Elizabeth Woodville School Secondary
- Fulbrook School Secondary
- Lift Sir Herbert Leon 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
Common questions
- What year groups does Lord Grey Academy teach?
- Lord Grey Academy teaches children aged 11 to 19. It is a secondary school in Milton Keynes.
- Who is the headteacher of Lord Grey Academy?
- The headteacher of Lord Grey Academy is Mrs Samantha Satyanadhan, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Lord Grey Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Lord Grey Academy, 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 Lord Grey Academy?
- Lord Grey Academy has 1,446 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 19.
- Is Lord Grey Academy full?
- Lord Grey Academy has capacity for 1,561 pupils and 1,446 on roll (93%), 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 Lord Grey Academy a faith school?
- No. Lord Grey Academy has no designated religious character.
- Is Lord Grey Academy a selective school?
- No. Lord Grey Academy is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Who runs Lord Grey Academy?
- Lord Grey Academy is part of TOVE LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Lord Grey Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 39 in 2022/23 and 40.4 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Lord Grey Academy rank locally?
- Lord Grey Academy ranked 11th of 14 secondary schools in Milton Keynes for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 40% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 12% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Lord Grey Academy's absence rate?
- Lord Grey Academy's overall absence rate is 8.9% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Lord Grey Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Lord Grey Academy'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 13 August 2026.