Moorland Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · 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 🔒
Moorland Primary School is a primary school in Milton Keynes for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Requires improvement, from the inspection on 5 December 2023. Milton Keynes has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Moorland 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
- Ofsted's latest outcome was Requires improvement (5 December 2023); of the 8 nearest primary schools in Milton Keynes, 5 are Good and 3 have no current grade.
- In 2024/25, 61% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 4% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- Reception 2026 drew 22 first-choice applications for 23 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 53.6% of pupils, against a middle figure of 43.7% 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
- Maslin Drive, Beanhill, Milton Keynes, MK6 4ND
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Milton Keynes
- Pupils on roll
- 194 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 53.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Requires improvement Inspected 5 December 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are confident and proud of their school.”
- “They know the school’s ‘Respect’ values well and explain how these are taught in assemblies and within the curriculum.”
- “Pupils thrive through roles and responsibilities such as school councillors and ‘well-being ambassadors’.”
To improve
- “However, despite recent improvements, some curriculum subjects are not yet securely embedded.”
- “This means pupils do not yet learn as well as they should.”
- “The curriculum has not yet impacted on pupils’ learning effectively in some areas.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 19 January 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) | 61% | 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: 22 first-preference applications, 23 offers in total, 22 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.
- New Chapter Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Langland Community School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Lift Charles Warren 0.7 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Abbeys Primary School 0.9 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Cold Harbour Church of England School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Falconhurst School 1.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Oldbrook First School and Nursery 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Jubilee Wood Primary School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published