Shepherdswell Academy
Primary · Academy converter · Ages 2–7 · 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 🔒
Shepherdswell Academy is a primary school in Milton Keynes for ages 2–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 28 November 2023. Milton Keynes has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Shepherdswell Academy 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, as at 67 of the 77 other Milton Keynes primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 24 first-choice applications for 24 offers, with 1.0 first choices per offer, the 10th highest of 75 Milton Keynes primary schools.
- 17.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Milton Keynes is 40.2%.
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
- Billingwell Place, Springfield, Milton Keynes, MK6 3NP
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–7
- Council
- Milton Keynes
- Pupils on roll
- 108 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 28 November 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are thriving at this small, nurturing school.”
- “They embody the school’s core values of ‘collaboration, community courage, curiosity and creativity’ in all that they do.”
- “Pupils develop a deep understanding of different faiths, cultures and protected characteristics.”
To improve
- “In a small number of subjects, however, the curriculum is at an earlier stage of implementation.”
- “In these subjects, pupils are not always able to articulate their learning over time as clearly.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 January 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 24 first-preference applications, 24 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.
- Orchard Academy 0.2 mi School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next
- The Willows School and Early Years Centre 0.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Falconhurst School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Jubilee Wood Primary School 0.8 mi Good Last distance published
- Middleton Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Outstanding Last distance published
- Downs Barn School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Southwood School 1.2 mi School remains Good