Downs Barn School
Primary · Community school · Ages 2–7 · 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 🔒
Downs Barn School is a primary school in Milton Keynes for ages 2–7 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 13 February 2024. Milton Keynes has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Downs Barn School 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
- Ofsted rated it Good on 13 February 2024; of the 8 nearest primary schools in Milton Keynes, 4 are Good, 2 Requires improvement and 2 have no current grade.
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, as at 67 of the 77 other Milton Keynes primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 saw 27 first-choice applications for 28 offers: every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family ranking it second or lower.
- At this school, 28.1% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, compared with a middle figure of 39.6% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Milton Keynes.
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
- 69 Downs Barns Boulevard, Downs Barn, 69 Downs Barn Boulevard, Milton Keynes, MK14 7NA
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–7
- Council
- Milton Keynes
- Pupils on roll
- 96 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 28.1% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 13 February 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are very proud of their school.”
- “They are safe, happy and incredibly kind towards each other.”
- “Pupils know that the school’s values of respect, responsibility, resilience and reflection are at the heart of this thriving community.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, such as history and art and design, there is some variability in the way staff check and revisit pupils’ essential knowledge and vocabulary.”
- “This means that lessons do not always build on pupils’ prior knowledge effectively.”
- “As a result, some pupils have gaps and misconceptions that are not addressed, therefore not all pupils achieve as highly as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 March 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 27 first-preference applications, 28 offers in total, 27 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.
- Southwood School 0.3 mi School remains Good
- St Monica's Catholic Primary School 0.5 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Brooksward School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Germander Park School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Willen Primary School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Shepherdswell Academy 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Orchard Academy 1.0 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next
- The Willows School and Early Years Centre 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published