Watling Academy
Secondary schoolWatling Academy is a secondary school in Milton Keynes, for pupils aged 11 to 18. It had 1,767 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Outstanding (overall), May 2023
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 16 May 2023
- Overall effectiveness
- Outstanding
- Quality of education
- Outstanding
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Outstanding
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2025/26, the average Attainment 8 score at Watling Academy was 49.1, against 44.2 in Milton Keynes and 46.2 in England.
52.8% of its pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths GCSEs (46.3% in England).
End of secondary school (KS4, GCSEs)
2025/26, provisional| Measure | This school | Milton Keynes | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average Attainment 8 score | 49.1 | 44.2 | 46.2 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 52.8% | 44.2% | 46.3% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 71.2% | 62.4% | 64.8% |
| Pupils at the end of KS4 | 299 | – | – |
- The 2025/26 figures are provisional. The Department for Education publishes revised ones later in the school year.
- Progress 8 cannot be worked out for 2025/26, because the KS2 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Watling Primary SchoolPrimary. No outcome in Ofsted's file290 m
- Whitehouse Primary SchoolPrimary. Improved significantly, January 2025. 83% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)560 m
- Fairfields Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), July 2022. 80% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1 km
- Ashbrook SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), March 20241.4 km
- Two Mile Ash SchoolPrimary. Outstanding (overall), February 2024. 75% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.6 km
- Christ the Sower Ecumenical Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), November 2023. 67% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.7 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Milton Keynes
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).