Barleyhurst Park Primary
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Milton Keynes
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From Milton Keynes City Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2021–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Barleyhurst Park Primary is a primary school in Milton Keynes for ages 4–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 22 May 2024. Milton Keynes has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Barleyhurst Park Primary catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2024/25, 52% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%); 3% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Of 5 schools (this one and the 4 of the 8 nearest primary schools in Milton Keynes that have results), the 2024/25 reading, writing and maths figure ranked 2nd lowest.
- Reception 2026 had 12 first-choice applications for 12 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place; Reception places ran out in 1 of the 4 earlier years.
- 31.3% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Milton Keynes is 25%.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Milton Keynes schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Forfar Drive, Bletchley, Barleyhurst Park Primary School, Milton Keynes, MK3 7NA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Milton Keynes
- Pupils on roll
- 198 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 31.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 18.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 22 May 2024
Strengths
- “Barleyhurst Park is warm and welcoming, where pupils flourish.”
- “They are proud to attend this school and appreciate the support they receive from staff.”
- “One pupil expressed the sentiments of their peers when they stated, ‘Every day, you get to learn something new.’”
To improve
- “In these subjects, the school is in the process of clarifying the precise essential knowledge that pupils should learn.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 28 June 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 52% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 12 first-preference applications, 12 offers in total, 12 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Milton Keynes.
- Rickley Park Primary School 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cold Harbour Church of England School 0.4 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Abbeys Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Merebrook Infant School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Emerson Valley School 0.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Holne Chase Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Howe Park School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published