Why you should send your child to the new Academy

Principals welcome

The Milton Keynes Academy is the first choice for parents wanting the very best for their children.

There are many extremely good reasons why your son or daughter will thrive at the new Academy, which opened in September 2009.

For a start, there is a huge emphasis on high academic and personal achievement, with extra support for talented and gifted students, and those needing extra help.

Your child is able to work in an inspiring specially designed state-of-the-art environment, and will have the advantage of learning in many totally different ways – not done anywhere else in Milton Keynes. This includes having more hours of study, having different term times, taking exams earlier and benefiting from other exciting new approaches to teaching. More details about all these things are included further on this website.

The Academy also has a special emphasis on enterprise, which means your child will learn essential skills for future life such as team work, problem solving and creative thinking.

Working closely with the Academy’s sponsor, Edge, I am certain that we can create a brilliant place to study, develop and have fun. I guarantee that your child will be given all the skills and encouragement they will need to succeed in work and life.


Lorna Caldicott
Principal of The Milton Keynes Academy

Latest Blog

Why regular attendance is so important

Posted on 9th February 2010

Coming to school every day is really important for students. If a student is not in school then they can't learn along with their friends. Research shows that children with attendance of over 93% do better at school than those who attend less.

No one would want a child to attend the Academy if they are genuinely too ill to do so. However, it is often difficult to judge when a young person can attend school. If they have a headache or a cold without a fever, I believe they should come in.

For example, with our Year 11 students:

  • Every day we go over GCSE material with them.
  • Every day we coach them in examination technique.
  • Every day we are improving coursework.
  • Every day we do back examination papers.
  • Every day we diagnose difficulties and remedy them.
  • Every day they are given vital examination information.
  • Every day we encourage and help them grow in examination confidence.

Qualifications mean much better life chances: a chance for university, college or a better job.

Regular attendance is about being on time for school, and being there every day.

Previous Blogs
Hello and a Happy New Year
Posted on 6th January 2010

I hope that all our students and their families had a relaxing break over the Christmas and New Year period.

I want all students, no matter which year group they are in, to concentrate hard on their studies in the new term and to make good progress. It's important for students to know the answer to two questions when they are in class:

1.     What am I learning?

2.     What do I need to do to improve?

Keep these two questions in the back of your mind and if you're not sure of the answer in any class, then ask your teacher.

The success of after-school clubs
Posted on 16th December 2009

The Academy has now been open for three months and I am so pleased that the students have all settled in well.  I am delighted to report that there are over 42 after-school clubs each week and, on average, 180 children take afternoon tea at 4.30pm each day. Our sports teams have played over 30 fixtures so far and there are 10 different sports activities after school with over 100 attending football training regularly at Key Stage 3 and over 30 going to rugby training each week.

Over 150 children take part in Performing Arts clubs. 76 students are now taking instrument lessons and we have a waiting list! Several groups of students attended ‘Britain's Got Talent' auditions recently and we have put on an Art Show in the shopping centre and provided the Christmas entertainment there too on the 10th December.

It's wonderful to see such enthusiasm amongst staff and students for the after-school activities.

The official opening of the Academy
Posted on 13th November 2009

Hello and thank you for visiting my page. I am thrilled that His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent, KG officially opened The Milton Keynes Academy on November 17. The Duke toured the building and saw students at work in lessons including dance, science, and design and technology. He also saw Year 11 students putting the finishing touches to dishes they created for his lunch.

This was a wonderful day for us. The students can be extremely proud of their new school.