Abbeys Primary School
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 🔒
Abbeys Primary School 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 4 July 2024. Milton Keynes has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Abbeys Primary 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 2024/25, 67% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%); 2% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 67 of the 77 other Milton Keynes primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 27 first-choice applications for 29 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- There are 22.9 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 19.9 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
- Melrose Avenue, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, MK3 6PS
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Milton Keynes
- Pupils on roll
- 298 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 32.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 4 July 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils understand and proudly show their school values of ‘Aim, Aspire and Achieve’.”
- “They know that these values are important as they help them to do the best that they can.”
- “The school has high expectations for how pupils will behave and learn.”
To improve
- “There are a small number of published outcomes from 2023 which were significantly below national averages.”
- “This includes the number of pupils in Year 6 reaching their age-related expectation in mathematics.”
- “While these subject lessons are ambitious, changes have not had the full impact intended.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 September 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) | 67% | 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: 27 first-preference applications, 29 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.
- Cold Harbour Church of England School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Barleyhurst Park Primary 0.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Rickley Park Primary School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- New Chapter Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Moorland Primary School 0.9 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Holne Chase Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Merebrook Infant School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Knowles Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published