Holmwood School
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 🔒
Holmwood School is a primary school in Milton Keynes for ages 2–7 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next, from the inspection on 27 March 2024. Milton Keynes has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Holmwood 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 Reception applicant was offered a place in 2026, as at 67 of the 77 other Milton Keynes primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- Reception 2026 drew 36 first-choice applications for 37 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 1 offer went to a family who ranked it second or lower.
- Ofsted's latest outcome, on 27 March 2024, found the school remains Good and is improving; of the 8 nearest primary schools in Milton Keynes, 5 are Good and 1 Outstanding.
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
- Kensington Drive, Great Holm, Milton Keynes, MK8 9AB
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–7
- Council
- Milton Keynes
- Pupils on roll
- 201 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 21.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Inspected 27 March 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils love being part of this vibrant and nurturing school.”
- “They are proud to attend Holmwood, where kindness, care and compassion are at the heart of the school community.”
- “Pupils feel very secure and well looked after.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 May 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 36 first-preference applications, 37 offers in total, 36 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.
- Two Mile Ash School 0.2 mi Outstanding
- Ashbrook School 0.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Loughton Manor First School 0.5 mi Good Last distance published
- Loughton School 0.8 mi Not judged
- Whitehouse Primary School 0.9 mi Improved significantly Last distance published
- Watling Primary School 1.1 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Christ the Sower Ecumenical Primary School 1.1 mi Good Last distance published
- Bradwell Village School 1.1 mi Good