Shenley Brook End School

Shenley Brook End School continues to demonstrate good performance across various domains of education. The school prioritizes both academic and personal development, encouraging students to develop key skills while achieving commendable examination results. With an inclusive curriculum and a focus on nurturing individual talents, the school has established a positive environment where pupils thrive. The robust support for students, including those with special educational needs and disabilities, has significantly contributed to their growth and success in meaningful post-educational pursuits. Community engagement through events and extracurricular activities further enhances the overall school experience.

Strengths

• Pupils are central to the school's culture and ethos.
• The curriculum is broad and coherently sequenced from Year 7 to 13.
• Staff display high ambition for pupil achievement and personal development.
• Extra-curricular opportunities foster talent discovery and leadership.
• Positive relationships between staff and pupils contribute to a respectful atmosphere.
• Strong pastoral support contributes to pupil safety and happiness.
• The literacy strategy has effectively supported a culture of reading.
• The 'Life Skills' program comprehensively covers required personal development content.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistencies in the delivery of the curriculum across the school.
• Teachers’ checks on learning are not always focused on depth of understanding.
• The final phase of the literacy strategy is not fully embedded yet.
• A small number of pupils struggle to meet behaviour expectations.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Shenley Brook End School attended 91.7% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 22.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 6.4% of pupils at Shenley Brook End School were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Shenley Brook End School had 18.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 14.7% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 11.1% of pupils at Shenley Brook End School were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 2.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Shenley Brook End School received £6,883 and spent £6,738 for each of its 1,885 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £1,963,000 (£1,042 per pupil).

Across all 6 schools of 5 Dimensions Trust, income was £6,066 and spending £6,012 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Shenley Brook End School is part of 5 Dimensions Trust, which runs 7 schools. The nearest others:

• Emerson Valley School Milton Keynes
• Merebrook Infant School Milton Keynes
• Priory Rise School Milton Keynes
• The Hazeley Academy Milton Keynes
• Walton High Milton Keynes
• Brooklands Academy Milton Keynes

What is Shenley Brook End School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Shenley Brook End School is Good, from an inspection in April 2024.

When was Shenley Brook End School last inspected by Ofsted?

Shenley Brook End School was last inspected in April 2024.

How many pupils does Shenley Brook End School have?

Shenley Brook End School has 1,845 pupils on roll.

What age range does Shenley Brook End School cover?

Shenley Brook End School for pupils aged 11 to 19.

What are Shenley Brook End School's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 44.9, and 44% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Shenley Brook End School?

Shenley Brook End School is at Walbank Grove, Shenley Brook End, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK5 7ZT.