Water Hall 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 🔒
Water Hall Primary School is a primary school in Milton Keynes for ages 3–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 8 July 2025. Milton Keynes has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2021 to 2026 entry.
Water Hall 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, 27% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Milton Keynes.
- Every Reception 2026 applicant was offered a place, as at 67 of the 77 other Milton Keynes primary schools with a published Reception 2026 outcome.
- For Reception 2026 there were 10 first-choice applications for 11 offers; every first-choice family was offered a place, and 4 of the 18 applications came from outside Milton Keynes.
- Free school meal eligibility is 58.8% of pupils, against a middle figure of 29.7% 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
- Fern Grove, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, MK2 3QF
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 3–11
- Council
- Milton Keynes
- Pupils on roll
- 182 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 58.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 8 July 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are starting to benefit from the school’s higher expectations of what they can achieve.”
- “They are now experiencing a more ambitious curriculum.”
- “Conversely, children in the early years benefit from well matched learning that prepares them well for Year 1.”
To improve
- “Nevertheless, many of the improved curriculums are in the early stages of being implemented.”
- “As a result, pupils in key stages 1 and 2 have gaps in knowledge across a range of subjects.”
- “Pupils do not achieve as well as they should.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 12 September 2025 (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) | 27% | 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: 10 first-preference applications, 11 offers in total, 10 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.
- Newton Leys Primary School 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Drayton Park School 0.3 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Bishop Parker Catholic School 0.6 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Premier Academy 0.7 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Holne Chase Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- Knowles Primary School 1.2 mi Good Last distance published
- St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School 1.5 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Rickley Park Primary School 1.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published