St Paul's Catholic School
Secondary · Voluntary aided school · Mixed · Milton Keynes
Phoenix Drive, Milton Keynes, MK6 5EN
67
headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
Standards maintained
No graded inspection
Application demand
77%
1st preference success · Oversubscribed
Attendance
93.2%
17.8% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,890
Capacity used
Over capacity100%
1,891 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
77%
1st preference success rate
232 of 301 families who put it first got an offer
256
Places offered
580
Total applications
2.3
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 301 | 232 | ● 77% |
| 2nd preference | 104 | 15 | ● 14% |
| 3rd preference | 106 | 8 | ● 8% |
| 4th preference | 69 | 1 | ● 1% |
| Total | 580 | 256 | 44% |
1st preference success by year
Milton Keynes lets families list 4 preferences. 9 applications came from outside the council area (6 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–19
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Jo-Anne Hoarty
- Address
- Phoenix Drive, Leadenhall, Milton Keynes, MK6 5EN
- Phone
- 01908669735
- Local authority
- Milton Keynes
- Ward / constituency
- Woughton & Fishermead · Milton Keynes Central
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 110517
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 25% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 60% | — | — |
| SEN support | 9% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 4 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
1,890 pupils · 1,891 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 25
14 May 2025
Ungraded inspection
Standards maintained
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,506 pupils
Attendance
93.2%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
6.8%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
17.8%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
1.9%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
1.7%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 47.0 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.03 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 44% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 65% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.25 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 26.69 | — | — |
Average grade: C- (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 44.9 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 37.6% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 61.1% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 86.9% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.07 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 306 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 28.98 | 35 |
| Average grade | C | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 8.6% | 17% |
| A-level students | 150 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 305 | 14% | 41% | 65% | |
| English Language | 305 | 19% | 54% | 71% | |
| Religious Studies | 299 | 18% | 48% | 65% | |
| English Literature | 298 | 19% | 57% | 73% | |
| Combined Science | 244 | 9% | 28% | 47% | |
| Design & Technology | 200 | 17% | 45% | 61% | |
| History | 155 | 13% | 39% | 54% | |
| Geography | 130 | 15% | 38% | 48% | |
| French | 93 | 5% | 22% | 43% | |
| Spanish | 88 | 6% | 19% | 28% | |
| Art and Design | 87 | 10% | 37% | 62% | |
| Business | 62 | 3% | 32% | 48% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 37 | 5% | 27% | 41% | |
| Psychology | 35 | 0% | 11% | 31% | |
| Biology | 29 | 3% | 7% | 10% | |
| Business Studies | 29 | 0% | 3% | 17% | |
| Chemistry | 25 | 8% | 20% | 28% | |
| Sociology | 25 | 0% | 12% | 44% | |
| Economics | 21 | 0% | 10% | 38% | |
| Religious Studies | 21 | 0% | 0% | 43% | |
| English Literature | 18 | 6% | 11% | 22% | |
| Fine Art | 15 | 0% | 13% | 47% | |
| Physics | 14 | 0% | 29% | 43% | |
| Government and Politics | 14 | 0% | 0% | 21% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
Ranked #147 of 1,030 UK schools with Cambridge offers2
UCAS apply centre 16507: St Paul's Catholic School, Milton Keynes
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | ≤5 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | ≤5 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
Where students go next
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher education (university) | 72% | — | — |
| Apprenticeships | 4% | — | — |
| Any education or training | 76% | — | — |
Oxford/Cambridge application numbers aren't published per school in official data, so university progression is shown instead.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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Key application dates
National deadlines in England. Apply through Milton Keynes council, not the school.
| Entry | Deadline | Offer day |
|---|---|---|
| Year 7 (secondary) | 31 October | 1 March (or next working day) |
Admissions policy: Non-selective. Check the school's own admissions rules on its website.
Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.