Glastonbury Thorn School
Primary · Foundation school · Ages 4–7 · 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 🔒
Glastonbury Thorn School is a primary school in Milton Keynes for ages 4–7 (foundation school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 10 June 2025. Milton Keynes has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Glastonbury Thorn 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
- In 2026 every Reception applicant was offered a place, as at 67 of the 77 other Milton Keynes primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- In Reception 2026 there were 28 first-choice applications for 29 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- 13.2% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 21.6% across the 8 nearest primary schools in Milton Keynes.
- The school has 19.4 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 23 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
- Pigott Drive, Shenley Church End, Milton Keynes, MK5 6BX
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–7
- Council
- Milton Keynes
- Pupils on roll
- 136 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 13.2% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.4
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 10 June 2025
Strengths
- “This school is a haven of kindness and belonging.”
- “Pupils respond positively to the high expectations set for their behaviour and achievement.”
- “They present their work neatly and are proud of their accomplishments.”
To improve
- “Nevertheless, sometimes, teaching does not check and help pupils secure the important knowledge and understanding before moving on to new work, including in phonics.”
- “Where this happens, pupils do not learn as well as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 11 July 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 28 first-preference applications, 29 offers in total, 28 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.
- Loughton School 0.5 mi Not judged
- Caroline Haslett Primary School 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Loughton Manor First School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Long Meadow School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Christ the Sower Ecumenical Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Merebrook Infant School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Emerson Valley School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade
- Oxley Park Academy 1.2 mi Good Last distance published