Junior schools start at Year 3, so children join here from an infant school.
Every child joining in Year 3 needs a place applied for through the council where they live, by 15 January in Year 2.
Official inspection reports and grades
Inspected 8 December 2021
Compared with the local authority and England
The share of pupils reaching the standard expected for their age, and the share going beyond it.
| Measure | School | Milton Keynes | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing & maths — expected | 65% | 66% | 63% |
| Reading, writing & maths — higher | 15% | 10% | 8% |
| Grammar, punctuation & spelling — expected | 83% | 78% | 73% |
| Grammar, punctuation & spelling — higher | 35% | 37% | 30% |
A score of 100 is the expected standard; 110 or more is a higher standard.
| Subject | School | Milton Keynes | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 105 | 106 | 106 |
| Maths | 106 | 105 | 105 |
| Grammar, punctuation & spelling | 107 | 107 | 105 |
School workforce census, 2025/26.
Stanton School's last overall grade from Ofsted was Outstanding, on 2 March 2016. Ofsted inspected it again on 8 December 2021 without giving a new overall grade.
Apply through the council where you live by 15 January for a Year 3 place starting that September. Children moving up from an infant school still need to apply. You can usually list between 3 and 6 schools in order of preference, and offers are sent on 16 April, or the next working day.
No. Distance only counts when Stanton School has more applicants than places. Then its admission criteria, set by its governing body, decide who is offered a place first. Children in care or adopted from care come first by law. Most schools put brothers and sisters of current pupils next, then distance or a catchment area. How far away the last place went changes every year, depending on who applies.
Stanton School had 305 pupils aged 7 to 11 at the latest school census. Its official capacity is 360. It is a mixed school.