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Denbigh School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–19

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 56 56.2 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL C+ C+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
56.2 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
64% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
27.5% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.30 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 54.3[6] 68%[6]
2023/24 55.6[4] 64.4%[4] +0.30[4]
2022/23 54[7] 63%[7] +0.12[7]
2021/22 54[8] 60%[8] +0.18[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
C+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
17% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 C[10] 13.2%[10]
2022/23 C[11] 14%[11]
2021/22 B-[12] 18%[12]
2018/19 C[13] 14.5%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
94% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
64% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
0% 2021/22[15]
Further education college
25% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[14]
Employment
2% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 94%[15] 63%[15] 0%[15] 25%[15] 2%[15] 3%[15]
2020/21 97%[16] 69%[16] 0%[16] 22%[16] 2%[16] 3%[16]
2019/20 98%[17] 68%[17] 26%[17] 1%[17] 2%[17]
2018/19 96%[18] 66%[18] 1%[18] 23%[18] 3%[18] 3%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
89% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
63% 2022/23[19]
Education
64% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
6% 2022/23[19]
Employment
18% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 84%[20] 57%[20] 58%[20] 4%[20] 22%[20]
2020/21 92%[21] 69%[21] 71%[21] 2%[21] 19%[21]
2019/20 91%[22] 58%[22] 68%[22] 2%[22] 21%[22]
2018/19 89%[23] 61%[23] 63%[23] 6%[23] 20%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
68% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
27% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
16% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
1% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 83%[26] 34%[26]
2019/20 75%[25] 19%[25] 16%[25] 1%[25]
2018/19 70%[27] 18%[27] 17%[27] 2%[27]
2017/18 73%[28] 20%[28] 18%[28]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
26 Nov 2024[29]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[29]
Report published
12 Jan 2025[29]
Safeguarding is effective?
Yes[29]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
Standards maintained[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
15 Jan 2019[30] Exempt School Inspection[30] Good[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
4.7 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
1201 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
327 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
257 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
1.3 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 1149[31] 295[31] 258[31] 4.5[31] 1.1[31]
Entry Sept 2024 1125[31] 283[31] 257[31] 4.4[31] 1.1[31]
Entry Sept 2023 1134[31] 359[31] 252[31] 4.5[31] 1.4[31]
Entry Sept 2022 1214[31] 399[31] 254[31] 4.8[31] 1.6[31]

Admissions

Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
260 Entry Sept 2027[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–19[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1700[1]
Trust
THE ALLIANCE SCHOOLS TRUST[1]
Local authority
Milton Keynes[1]
Website
http://www.denbigh.net[1]
District
Milton Keynes[33]
Postcode
MK5 6EX[1]
URN
136468[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1784 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
22% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
9% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
1.8% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
19.3% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
42.2%[35]
Mixed
6.7%[35]
Asian
38%[35]
Black
11.2%[35]
Any other ethnic group
0.8%[35]
Unclassified
0.9%[35]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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    Quote
    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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  32. denbigh.net: denbigh.net — Admission Arrangements for September 2027 (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quote
    For example, Denbigh School has an admission number of 260. (p. 3)
  33. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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