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Whitehouse Primary School

Primary · Milton Keynes · MK8 1AG

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Good (2019)

Last grade Ofsted published, no newer grade exists

Ofsted graded this school Good in 2019. Every inspection since has been ungraded, and an ungraded inspection cannot change a grade. The most recent found “Improved significantly”. Ofsted's current data file lists only graded inspections from September 2019 onwards, so this grade has dropped out of it, but it is still the school's grade of record, and still on Ofsted's own report page. It is old, so weigh it against the more recent evidence on this page.

Inspected 11 June 2019

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At a glance

672 pupils · 100% of 669 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Free schools
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
7.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
47.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
15.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
www.whitehouseprimary.co.uk
URN
142907

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 98 families named it first for 90 Reception places, 1.09 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2026 entry went to 0.451 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 4 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2023 to 2026. The last grade Ofsted published for it is Good, from 2019. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 3.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.09 first-choice applications per place

90 places offered · 98 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 0.451 miles for 2026 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2026 entry) lived within 0.451 miles

measurement method not stated by the council.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

90 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
83%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
11%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
110
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
109
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school83%
Median of its 12 closest peers78.5%
Milton Keynes average66%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Fern Hill Primary SchoolKingston upon Thames · 47 miles awayOutstanding78%
Nightingale Primary SchoolLondon · 48 miles awayGood79%
Overdale Junior SchoolLeicester · 42 miles awayGood62%
John Ball Primary SchoolLondon · 52 miles awayOutstanding71%
Windmill Primary SchoolOxford · 25 miles awayGood58%
Loddon Primary SchoolReading · 41 miles awayGood73%
St Edmund Campion Catholic Primary School and NurseryMaidenhead · 36 miles awayOutstanding92%
Tower Road AcademyBoston · 74 miles awayGood62%
East Sheen Primary SchoolLondon · 46 miles awayOutstanding83%
Wingfield Primary SchoolLondon · 53 miles awayOutstanding85%
Cheam Common Junior AcademyWorcester Park · 52 miles awayGood90%
Springfield Primary SchoolSale · 115 miles awayStrong standard80%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Asian Indian 26% (Milton Keynes 8%, England 4%) · White British 25% (Milton Keynes 40%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 13% (Milton Keynes 4%, England 3%) · Any other White background 10% (Milton Keynes 11%, England 7%) · Not recorded 5% (Milton Keynes 2%, England 1%) · Black African 4% (Milton Keynes 12%, England 5%) · Any other ethnic group 4% (Milton Keynes 2%, England 3%) · Asian Chinese 4% (Milton Keynes 2%, England 1%) · Asian Pakistani 3% (Milton Keynes 5%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Milton Keynes 4%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (Milton Keynes 2%, England 2%) · Any other Black background 1% (Milton Keynes 2%, England 1%) · other groups together 1%

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
3.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
5.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Milton Keynes: 2.53 suspensions and 0.00 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
24.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

82% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 10% moved to another state school · 8% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

57.9% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.6 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £42,923; 13.9% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£5,508
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 82% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 6% (8%) · supplies and services 7% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 0% (2%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £505,000; in-year balance +£343,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher60.6%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications3.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work58.8%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways4%18.1%
Residents in very good health64%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier88.9%62.3%
Social housing5.1%17.1%
Privately rented5.9%20.5%
Detached houses32.3%22.9%
Flats12.2%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms44.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van5.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01034466 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£435,000617 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£332,000–£530,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (254)£550,000
Semi-detached (189)£418,000
Terraced (96)£350,000
Flat (78)£194,000

Homes around this school are dearer than three quarters of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
0an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
0an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
1an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
0an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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