Knowles Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · 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 🔒
Knowles Primary School is a primary school in Milton Keynes for ages 4–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 3 October 2023. Milton Keynes has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Knowles 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
- In 2024/25, 83% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Milton Keynes.
- In Reception 2026 every applicant was offered a place, as at 67 of the 77 other Milton Keynes primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 had 57 first-choice applications for 58 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- 50.6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals; the middle figure across the 8 nearest primary schools in Milton Keynes is 32.8%.
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
- Queensway, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, MK2 2HB
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Milton Keynes
- Pupils on roll
- 356 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 50.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 3 October 2023
Strengths
- “The school has high expectations for every pupil to fulfil their potential.”
- “This is realised through the high-quality work that pupils produce and the enjoyment they have for learning.”
- “The school’s motto, ‘Growing hearts and minds together’, is woven into pupils’ everyday experiences.”
To improve
- “However, in some subjects, not all staff accurately spot and address misconceptions or ensure that pupils consistently remember key content over time.”
- “This means that pupils sometimes find it hard to make links between new learning and what they have learned before.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 22 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) | 83% | 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: 57 first-preference applications, 58 offers in total, 57 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 0.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Bishop Parker Catholic School 0.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Drayton Park School 0.9 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Holne Chase Primary School 1.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Rickley Park Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Abbeys Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Water Hall Primary School 1.2 mi Not judged Last distance published
- St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School 1.4 mi Not judged Last distance published