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Denbigh School

URN
136468
Phase
Secondary
Status
Open

School overview

School name
Denbigh School
URN
136468
Phase
Secondary
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11-19
Status
Open

School Compass Score

Strong

77 / 100

Strong

Based on official data for academic year 2024/25.

Academic Outcomes

91

Inspection

68

Admissions Value

61

Destinations

62

Stability & Context

100

School Compass rankings

Top 25% of secondary schools in England

Top 25% nationally

#2 of 10 schools in Milton Keynes

Based on School Compass rankings calculated from performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

School Compass recommendation

Consider

This school has a mixed profile and may warrant further investigation.

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Based on School Compass analysis of official performance, inspection, admissions and destination data.

Admissions strategy

  • Application category: Target school
  • Admissions pressure: Very high competition
  • Admissions risk: Very high risk

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Crime & Safety

  • Safety score: Safe
  • National comparison: Lower crime than average
  • Crime trend: Stable trend
  • Confidence: High confidence

Higher share of violent and serious offences than typical

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Available in the full Parent Report:

  • Crime categories in the surrounding area
  • Local authority and nearby-school comparisons
  • Safety trends over the past year
  • Area context and confidence notes

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Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.

  • Area crime data reflects the surrounding neighbourhood — it is not a measure of school safeguarding or on-site safety.
  • This section reflects police-recorded crime in the surrounding area, not incidents on school premises.
  • Figures are anonymised by the police and aggregated within approximately one mile of the school site.

Question 1: Is it a good school?

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Your decision briefing for Denbigh School

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Question 2

Can we realistically get in?

  • Data confidence: Moderate confidence
  • Admissions pressure: Competitive
  • Personalised application strategy available
  • 7 alternative schools identified

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  • Last admitted distance
  • Catchment boundaries
  • Postcode-specific likelihood
  • Offer probability
  • Waiting list position
  • Priority rules
  • Grammar / selective cut-offs

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Can we realistically get in?

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Admissions strategy for Denbigh School

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Ofsted inspections

Ungraded inspection
Latest publication date
12 January 2025
Inspection date
27 November 2024
Inspection type
-
Category of concern
None recorded
SafeguardingNot available

Inspection outcomes

  • Outcome

    Standards maintained

    Graded 12 January 2025

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Inspection history

Showing the last 1 inspection on record, including monitoring visits.

Admissions

Very High pressure

Official Department for Education applications and offers data for Secondary Transfer in academic year 2025/26.

Academic year

Academic year

2025/26

Published admission number (PAN)

Published admission number (PAN)

258

Places offered by the school

Applications received

Applications received

1,149

Times listed as any preference

Offers made

Offers made

258

Preferred offers from this school

Oversubscription ratio

Oversubscription ratio

4.45×

Applications per place

Offer rate

Where to apply

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Local authority
Milton Keynes
Admissions portal
GOV.UK — apply for a secondary school place (Milton Keynes)
Application deadline
31 October 2026 (on-time deadline for secondary entry, September 2027)
School website
http://www.denbigh.net

If the portal link opens GOV.UK, select Milton Keynes to reach your council's application system.

Performance & outcomes

Official Department for Education attainment and outcomes data. Suppressed or unpublished figures are shown as “Not published”.

Key stage 4 (secondary)

Key stage 4 (secondary) data for academic year 2024/25

Official Department for Education key stage 4 performance for academic year 2024/25. Progress 8 is not published for this academic year.

Attainment 8

Attainment 8

54.3

Progress 8

Progress 8

Not published

English and maths grade 5 or above

English & maths 5+

68.0%

English and maths grade 4 or above

English & maths 4+

78.9%

EBacc entry

EBacc entry

71.1%

EBacc achievement

Location

MK5 6EX - Burchard Crescent, Shenley Church End, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire

Contact details

Address
Burchard Crescent, Shenley Church End, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Postcode
MK5 6EX
Phone
1908505030
Website
http://www.denbigh.net
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Administrative details

Local authority name
Milton Keynes
Local authority code
826

School insights

Local authority context

This school is one of 238 schools in Milton Keynes.

Authority statistics

Total schools

238

Open schools

124

Closed schools

114

Primary schools

151

Data quality

Last updated
14 June 2026
Last imported
14 June 2026

Dates reflect the latest GIAS import and any recorded closure date for this school.

The School Compass Score combines academic outcomes, inspection findings, admissions value, destinations, and school stability to help parents compare schools consistently.

  • Not all crime is reported to the police. Small areas can vary significantly year to year.
  • Source: data.police.uk under the Open Government Licence; population from ONS.
  • PublishedInspectedTypeSummaryReport
    12 January 202527 November 2024-Standards maintainedView report for inspection published 12 January 2025
    • Standards maintained

      Published
      12 January 2025
      Inspected
      27 November 2024
      Type
      -
      Report
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    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Ofsted management information via GOV.UK.

    Offer rate

    22.5%

    Offers as a share of applications

    First preference offers: 224

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education school applications and offers statistics.

    EBacc achievement

    43.6%

    Post-16 (A level)

    Average

    Post-16 (A level) data for academic year 2024/25

    Official Department for Education 16 to 18 performance (A level) for academic year 2024/25.

    Average point score per entry

    APS

    32.8

    Value added

    Value added

    +0.01

    AAB with two facilitating subjects

    AAB %

    17.0%

    Retention

    Retention %

    Not published

    Key stage 4 destinations

    Key stage 4 destinations data for leaver academic year 2022/23

    Sustained destination measures for pupils who completed key stage 4 in 2022/23 (destinations in 2023/24).

    Education destination

    Education %

    91.0%

    Employment destination

    Employment %

    2.0%

    Apprenticeship destination

    Apprenticeships %

    2.0%

    Not in education, employment or training

    NEET %

    4.0%

    Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Department for Education performance and outcomes statistics (England).

    Secondary schools

    25

    Special schools

    0

    Phase distribution

    • Primary151 (64.0%)
    • Secondary25 (10.6%)
    • Special0 (0.0%)
    • Other60 (25.4%)

    Nearby schools

    School nameDistancePhaseStatus
    Denbigh School0 mSecondaryClosed
    Loughton School424 mPrimaryOpen
    Loughton School424 mPrimaryClosed
    Glastonbury Thorn School588 mPrimaryOpen
    Loughton Manor First School755 mPrimaryOpen
    The Grove Independent School1.0 kmNot applicableClosed
    Christ the Sower Ecumenical Primary School (VA)1.3 kmPrimaryClosed
    Christ the Sower Ecumenical Primary School1.3 kmPrimaryOpen
    Holmwood School1.4 kmPrimaryOpen
    Holmwood School1.4 kmPrimaryClosed
    • Denbigh School
      Distance
      0 m
      Phase
      Secondary
      Status
      Closed
    • Loughton School
      Distance
      424 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Loughton School
      Distance
      424 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Closed
    • Glastonbury Thorn School
      Distance
      588 m
      Phase
      Primary
      Status
      Open
    • Loughton Manor First School

    Similar schools

    Same phase (Secondary) and local authority (Milton Keynes)

    School namePhasePostcodeStatus
    Denbigh SchoolSecondaryMK5 6EXClosed
    E-Act Ousedale SchoolSecondaryMK16 0BJOpen
    Hazeley SchoolSecondaryMK8 0PTClosed
    Leon School and Sports CollegeSecondaryMK2 3HQClosed
    Lift Sir Herbert LeonSecondaryMK2 3HQOpen
    • Denbigh School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      MK5 6EX
      Status
      Closed
    • E-Act Ousedale School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      MK16 0BJ
      Status
      Open
    • Hazeley School
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      MK8 0PT
      Status
      Closed
    • Leon School and Sports College
      Phase
      Secondary
      Postcode
      MK2 3HQ
      Status
      Closed
    • Lift Sir Herbert Leon
    Distance
    755 m
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • The Grove Independent School
    Distance
    1.0 km
    Phase
    Not applicable
    Status
    Closed
  • Christ the Sower Ecumenical Primary School (VA)
    Distance
    1.3 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Christ the Sower Ecumenical Primary School
    Distance
    1.3 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Holmwood School
    Distance
    1.4 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Open
  • Holmwood School
    Distance
    1.4 km
    Phase
    Primary
    Status
    Closed
  • Phase
    Secondary
    Postcode
    MK2 3HQ
    Status
    Open