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Deanshanger Primary School

Primary · Milton Keynes · MK19 6HJ

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Requires improvement

SchoolFacts estimate: Ofsted awarded no overall grade at this inspection

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Quality of education: Requires improvementBehaviour & attitudes: GoodPersonal development: GoodLeadership & management: Requires improvementSafeguarding effective: Yes

Inspected 2 July 2025

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At a glance

257 pupils · 61% of 420 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
11.3% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
5.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
9.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.deanshangerprimary.co.uk
URN
149061

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 21 families named it first for 21 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold one Reception admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. At its inspection on 2 July 2025 Ofsted awarded no overall grade; the lowest of the four areas it judged was Requires improvement. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

21 places offered · 21 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
57%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
0%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
105
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
102
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 school57%
Median of its 12 closest peers66%
West Northamptonshire average62.4%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind 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
The Nettleham Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior SchoolNETTLEHAM, LINCOLN · 86 miles awayGood35%
Tarporley CofE Primary SchoolTarporley · 107 miles awayGood71%
St Wilfrid's Cof E Primary SchoolLancaster · 160 miles awayGood64%
Ley Hill SchoolChesham · 27 miles awayGood66%
Bill Quay Primary SchoolGateshead · 203 miles awayExpected standard72%
St Bartholomew's Catholic Primary SchoolPrescot · 122 miles awayGood (2019)78%
Rendlesham Primary SchoolWoodbridge · 98 miles awayGood43%
Horndon-On-the-Hill CofE Primary SchoolStanford-le-Hope · 66 miles awayGood59%
Downton CofE VA Primary SchoolSalisbury · 82 miles awayGood69%
Towngate Primary AcademyOssett · 116 miles awayGood (2019)49%
Harlands Community Primary & Nursery SchoolUckfield · 86 miles awayNo current grade76%
Ashlands Primary SchoolIlkley · 136 miles awayGood66%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 85% (West Northamptonshire 59%, England 60%) · Any other White background 4% (West Northamptonshire 14%, England 7%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (West Northamptonshire 1%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 2% (West Northamptonshire 4%, England 4%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (West Northamptonshire 2%, England 3%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (West Northamptonshire 2%, England 2%) · Any other Asian background 1% (West Northamptonshire 2%, England 2%) · Not recorded 1% (West Northamptonshire 1%, 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)
4.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
10.3%
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 · West Northamptonshire: 2.82 suspensions and 0.03 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
21.1
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

70% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 21% moved to another state school · 10% 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)

50% of teachers took sickness absence, 5.1 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 £43,891; 6.7% 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£5,885
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 79% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 4% (4%) · bought-in professional services 3% (2%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £111,000; in-year balance +£94,000

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

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher36.7%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications10.4%18.1%
In managerial or professional work45.1%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways8.9%18.1%
Residents in very good health55.5%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier82.1%62.3%
Social housing4.2%17.1%
Privately rented13.7%20.5%
Detached houses48.4%22.9%
Flats2.3%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms46.1%21.1%
Households with no car or van4.9%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01027280 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£347,500136 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£290,000–£426,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (33)£501,000
Semi-detached (66)£330,000
Terraced (34)£295,000

Homes around this school are dearer than most 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

No collision was reported to the police within 500 m of the school in 2021–2025.

Child pedestrian casualties
0a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
0a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
0a rural school averages 0.9

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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