History of the School

We are delighted to introduce you to our academy.

Lord Grey opened in 1973 as a community comprehensive school following the amalgamation off Bletchley Grammar and Wilton Secondary schools. New accommodation was provided to supplement the existing facilities. The school was incorporated as a Grant Maintained School on 1st April 1993 and moved to Foundation status on 1st September 1999, under the New Framework for Schools. Today the school is an Academy and has a strong Governing Board and a super reputation in the local community. It has enjoyed a period of calm and stability in the last few years and this has allowed it to focus on teaching and learning, quality staffing, excellent pastoral care and first rate safeguarding. The school is always striving to deliver its very best exam results in public exams for Year 11 and the Sixth Form.

More recently, the school has enjoyed considerable success:

2017 – present day

2018 – 1 April, Lord Grey School became Lord Grey Academy, part of the Tove Learning Trust
2017 – Institute of Education Quality Mark for Professional Development

2006 – 2016

2016 – Inclusion Quality Mark updated; exam results significantly improved
2015 – Eden Centre opened
2015 – Cultural Diversity Quality Mark achieved; International Award achieved
2014 – Significant update to the campus; LGS Sixth Form relaunched; July 2014 full Ofsted inspection and rated as Good
2013 – 40th birthday party of the school
SSAT Top 20% Most Improved Schools nationally; for 5+ A*-C with English and Maths in 2011, 2012
2012 – Mrs Alicja Tomey became Chair of Governors
Exam results hugely improved; 5+A*-C including English and Maths increase by 26% over four years, 2010-13
Milton Keynes South Sixth Form created and successful; graded ‘good’ by Ofsted in June 2011; reconfirmed in October 2012
Teacher Learning Academy Status gained, February 2011
Inclusion Quality Mark gained 2011
Healthy Schools: Bronze Award achieved
Classical singing star Jonathan Ansell opens new building, November 2009
New Hair Studio built  and opened, 2010
Dr Tracey Jones joined as Headteacher, 2009
Gained Second Specialism in Humanities
Achieved the Rugby Union Development Award (RFU)
Awarded the FA Football status
2006-09 Mrs Jill Coughlan, MBE, was Headteacher
Comenius status awarded with additional funding until 2009
SATs results for Science and Mathematics increased by 9%
Refurbishment of Science laboratories
£7.5 million capital improvement grant.

2003 – 2005

Additional buildings and refurbishments to prepare for expansion to accommodate Year 7 (2005)
School roll to surpass 1,500
Ofsted confirms that “Lord Grey is a Good School with a Good Sixth Form”
Recognition as one of the “Most Improved Schools” in England by the Specialist Schools Academies Trust
Securing the School Achievement Award from the DfES
Achieving the Investor in People standard on our first attempt.

1998 – 2002

Substantial improvement in GCSE results – an increase of 14% on the previous year
Refurbishment and upgrade of most school areas
Opening of Learning Resource Centre
Links developed with Action Research – National College for School  Leadership, Open University, and British Educational Research Association
Specialist College status (MFL) gained.

This school is an exciting place to be, in which to learn and teach; the facilities have been improved and enhanced. As the school grows, so too will the opportunities for our students and staff.