Bishop Parker Catholic School
Primary · Voluntary aided school · Ages 2–11 · 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 🔒
Bishop Parker Catholic School is a primary school in Milton Keynes for ages 2–11 (voluntary aided school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good, from the inspection on 20 September 2023. Milton Keynes has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Bishop Parker Catholic 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
- Every applicant for Reception in 2026 was offered a place, as at 67 of the 77 other Milton Keynes primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- For Reception in 2026 there were 17 first-choice applications for 18 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 60% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and 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
- Hunter Drive, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, MK2 3BT
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Council
- Milton Keynes
- Pupils on roll
- 202 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 29.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 20 September 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are inspired at this thoughtful, caring school.”
- “The ambitious curriculum connects pupils’ learning in creative and effective ways.”
- “The school library is well loved and appreciated by all.”
To improve
- “Practice could be even stronger by sharing phonics training more widely to develop expertise across the whole staff team.”
- “However, in some subjects staff are still refining this so that they identify the specific gaps in pupils’ knowledge more precisely.”
- “A small number of disadvantaged pupils do not attend school as often as their peers.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 10 November 2023 (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) | 60% | 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: 17 first-preference applications, 18 offers in total, 17 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.
- The Premier Academy 0.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Drayton Park School 0.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Water Hall Primary School 0.6 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Knowles Primary School 0.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Newton Leys Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Holne Chase Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Rickley Park Primary School 1.3 mi School remains Good Last distance published