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The Milestone School

Mixed · ages 2–16Gloucestershire, South West · Gloucester GL2 9EUTrust: Sand Academies TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
322of 326 places
Free school meals
51.2%
Year 11 cohort 2025
36
Ofsted
School remains Outstanding (Concerns) - S5 Next, 5 November 2024Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: The Milestone School (URN 131557, until 1 June 2019).

What the data says

Of the 29 pupils who finished Year 11 at The Milestone School in 2023, none moved to a sixth form college, 55% to a further education college and none started an apprenticeship.

10% of leavers were not in sustained education, employment or training six months on, compared with 6% nationally.

Almost nobody goes straight into an apprenticeship or a job: none took an apprenticeship and none went into work, against 3% and 3% 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 Gloucestershire and England.

The Milestone School
Gloucestershire
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureThe Milestone SchoolGloucestershireEngland
Pupils in the cohort296,782607,348
Any sustained destination72%93%92%
Stayed in education72%85%86%
— school sixth form0%46%34%
— sixth form college0%11%13%
— further education college55%26%37%
— other education17%2%2%
Apprenticeship0%4%3%
Employment0%4%3%
No sustained destination10%5%6%
Destination unknown17%2%3%

GCSE results 2025

No published Key Stage 4 results for this school.

Other secondary schools in Gloucestershire

Archway School

Community school · sixth form · 1,053 pupils

84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.3

Balcarras School

Academy converter · sixth form · 1,427 pupils

92% stayed in education · Attainment 8 58.5

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.