Denbigh School
Academy converter · sixth form · 1,778 pupils
91% stayed in education · Attainment 8 54.3
Academy sponsor led
Lift Sir Herbert Leon
- Pupils on roll
- 589of 750 places
- Free school meals
- 51.6%
- Year 11 cohort 2025
- 144
- Ofsted
- Inspected, 8 October 2024Read the Ofsted report
Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Leon School and Sports College (URN 110502, until 1 September 2012).
What the data says
Lift Sir Herbert Leon has no sixth form. Of the 86 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 44% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.
15% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.
GCSE results in 2025 were well below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 33.7 against 46.1 across England and 44.2 in Milton Keynes, with 24% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).
Sociology is unusually popular at GCSE: 35% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.
Where pupils went after Year 11
Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Milton Keynes and England.
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
| Measure | Lift Sir Herbert Leon | Milton Keynes | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils in the cohort | 86 | 3,422 | 607,348 |
| Any sustained destination | 73% | 93% | 92% |
| Stayed in education | 63% | 89% | 86% |
| — school sixth form | 17% | 50% | 34% |
| — sixth form college | 0% | — | 13% |
| — further education college | 44% | 36% | 37% |
| — other education | 1% | 3% | 2% |
| Apprenticeship | 0% | 2% | 3% |
| Employment | 10% | 2% | 3% |
| No sustained destination | 15% | 5% | 6% |
| Destination unknown | 12% | 2% | 3% |
GCSE results 2025
| Measure | Lift Sir Herbert Leon | Milton Keynes | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 (average points per pupil) | 33.7 | 44.2 | 46.1 |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 24% | 44% | 45% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 46% | 63% | 65% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects | 13% | 40% | 41% |
| EBacc average point score | 2.93 | 3.94 | 4.09 |
| Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort | 58% | 27% | 28% |
| Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils | 29.8 | 33.1 | 34.9 |
| Attainment 8 — other pupils | 39.2 | 48.4 | 50.4 |
| Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2) | — | — | — |
| English as an additional language | 35% | 25% | 19% |
Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.
Subjects taken at GCSE
Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England | Grades 7–9 | England | Grades 4–9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 141 | 98% | 88% | 6% | 22% | 56% |
| English Language | 141 | 98% | 89% | 6% | 20% | 55% |
| English Literature | 133 | 92% | 86% | 8% | 21% | 59% |
| Combined Science | 111 | 77% | 65% | 1% | 9% | 33% |
| History | 97 | 67% | 41% | 5% | 26% | 37% |
| Business Studies | 57 | 40% | 18% | 11% | 20% | 53% |
| Sociology | 50 | 35% | 4% | 8% | 21% | 34% |
| Computer Science | 49 | 34% | 13% | 0% | 30% | 33% |
| Geography | 31 | 22% | 41% | 0% | 25% | 39% |
| Art and Design | 29 | 20% | 7% | 0% | 24% | 14% |
| Chemistry | 23 | 16% | 23% | 26% | 47% | 96% |
| Biology | 23 | 16% | 23% | 9% | 45% | 87% |
| Physics | 23 | 16% | 23% | 13% | 46% | 87% |
| Spanish | 15 | 10% | 19% | 7% | 27% | 20% |
| Citizenship Studies | 2 | 1% | 3% | — | 19% | — |
| Chinese | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 75% | — |
| Persian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 77% | — |
| Polish | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 84% | — |
| Italian | 1 | 1% | 0% | — | 53% | — |
| Urdu | 1 | 1% | 1% | — | 42% | — |
Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications
| Subject | Entries | Share of cohort | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Studies | 54 | — | — |
| Sports Studies | 53 | — | — |
| Music performance: Group | 28 | — | — |
| Speech and Drama | 21 | — | — |
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Oakgrove School
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Shenley Brook End School
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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.