Newton Leys Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 3–11 · 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 🔒
Newton Leys Primary School is a primary school in Milton Keynes for ages 3–11 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Standards maintained, from the inspection on 11 December 2024. Milton Keynes has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Newton Leys 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
- Every applicant was offered a Reception place in 2026, though places ran out (a last distance was published) in 3 of the 4 earlier years.
- For Reception 2026 there were 80 first-choice applications for 82 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 2 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- Reading, writing and maths 2024/25: 56% met the expected standard (England 62%), the 2nd lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Milton Keynes.
- There are 24 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 19.8 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
- San Andres Drive, Newton Leys, Milton Keynes, MK3 5GG
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Milton Keynes
- Pupils on roll
- 643 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 23.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 24
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Standards maintained Inspected 11 December 2024
Strengths
- “They enjoy attending this friendly and nurturing school.”
- “There are caring and respectful relationships between pupils and staff.”
- “Pupils feel confident to speak with adults if they have any concerns or worries.”
To improve
- “In a few subjects in the wider curriculum, this knowledge is less well defined.”
- “This makes it difficult for teachers to emphasise this important knowledge when they design learning activities and check what pupils have learned.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 January 2025 (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) | 56% | 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: 80 first-preference applications, 82 offers in total, 80 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.
- Water Hall Primary School 0.3 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Drayton Park School 0.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Bishop Parker Catholic School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Premier Academy 1.0 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Holne Chase Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Knowles Primary School 1.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Chestnuts Primary School 1.6 mi Standards maintained Last distance published