St Mary and St Giles Church of England School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 2–11 · 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 🔒
St Mary and St Giles Church of England School is a primary school in Milton Keynes for ages 2–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 27 February 2024. Milton Keynes has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
St Mary and St Giles Church of England 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, 67% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 9% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- For Reception 2026 there were 12 first-choice applications for 15 offers: 0.8 first choices per offer, the 3rd lowest of 75 Milton Keynes primary schools.
- 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.
- Free school meal eligibility stands at 37.7% of pupils, against a middle figure of 22.4% 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
- King George Crescent, Stony Stratford, Milton Keynes, MK11 1EF
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Milton Keynes
- Pupils on roll
- 350 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 37.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 20.7
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 27 February 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils enjoy learning at this inclusive school.”
- “The school has designed an ambitious curriculum that allows pupils to achieve increasingly well.”
- “Teachers adapt their teaching to ensure that all pupils can access the curriculum, including pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND).”
To improve
- “In some subjects, however, this is not as secure.”
- “When this is the case, it prevents pupils from making links with new knowledge as strongly as they could.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 25 April 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) | 67% | 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: 12 first-preference applications, 15 offers in total, 12 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.
- Russell Street School 0.1 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- St Mary Magdalene Catholic Primary School 0.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Greenleys First School 1.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Greenleys Junior School 1.4 mi Good
- Fairfields Primary School 1.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Wyvern School 1.4 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Bushfield School 1.8 mi Good
- Watling Primary School 1.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published