Long Meadow 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 🔒
Long Meadow 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 28 February 2024. Milton Keynes has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Long Meadow 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
- The 2026 Reception had 24 first-choice applications for 27 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 3 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- 67 of the 77 other Milton Keynes primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome also offered every applicant a place, as this school did.
- In 2024/25, 62% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 17% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
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
- Garthwaite Crescent, Shenley Brook End, Milton Keynes, MK5 7XX
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Milton Keynes
- Pupils on roll
- 358 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 19% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good Inspected 28 February 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils are ‘#Proud’ to attend this lively school.”
- “They relish the numerous opportunities to develop their character and grow to be confident young people, for example by attending the various sporting and music clubs run by the school.”
- “Everyone values being part of the local community.”
To improve
- “Pupils’ knowledge is improving in other subjects, too, but is less secure where the curriculum is yet to be refined and embedded.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 26 April 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) | 62% | 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: 24 first-preference applications, 27 offers in total, 24 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.
- Oxley Park Academy 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Caroline Haslett Primary School 0.8 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Howe Park School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Emerson Valley School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- Glastonbury Thorn School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Christ the Sower Ecumenical Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Merebrook Infant School 1.0 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Giles Brook Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published