Mursley Church of England School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 2–7 · Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
3.964 miles
Published by Buckinghamshire Council · offers on 16 April 2026
Reception last distance offered, 2018–2026 (miles)
Mursley Church of England School is a primary school in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire for ages 2–7 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 4 March 2025. Buckinghamshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2026 entry.
Mursley Church of England 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 | 3.964 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 3.756 mi |
| Reception 2024 | 4.874 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 3.55 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 2.802 mi |
| Reception 2021 | Not published |
| Reception 2020 | 3.151 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 3.756 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 5.458 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The 2026 Reception last distance offered was 3.964 miles, the 4th longest of 57 Buckinghamshire primary schools with a published last distance (this one included).
- The 2026 Reception last distance was about the same as in 2025 and nearer than in 2018, and it swung sharply between some years.
- Reception 2026 had 13 first-choice applications for 15 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- There were 45 pupils on roll in January 2026, with 13.3 pupils per teacher; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Buckinghamshire is 19.7.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Buckinghamshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Main Street, Mursley, Mursley CE School, Milton Keynes, MK17 0RT
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–7
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Buckinghamshire
- Pupils on roll
- 45 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 4.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 4 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils proudly show the school’s values of honesty, respect, forgiveness and love.”
- “In every part of the school, a sense of warmth and positivity pervades.”
- “Pupils value their friendships with their peers and their relationships with staff.”
To improve
- “The school has not finished its work to improve the non-core curriculum.”
- “Consequently, there are a small number of non-core subjects where the sequence of learning has not been defined.”
- “In addition, assessment in non-core subjects does not consistently check the ambitious knowledge the school intends pupils to learn.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 4 April 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 13 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 13 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 Buckinghamshire.
- Swanbourne Church of England VA School 1.4 mi School remains Good
- Drayton Parslow Village School 1.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Newton Longville Church of England Primary School 2.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- St Michael's Church of England Combined School 2.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Winslow Church of England School 2.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Whaddon CofE School 3.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Great Horwood Church of England School 3.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- North Marston Church of England School 4.5 mi Good Last distance published
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