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Glastonbury Thorn School

  • 4–7Ages
  • 136Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 110400URN

Pigott Drive, Shenley Church End, Milton Keynes, MK5 6BX · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jun 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.1per place
0.9 above Milton Keynes median (2.2)
Fewer applicationsMore

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90 applications for 29 places · 9th of 68 in Milton Keynes

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Graded inspection · 10 June 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionGood

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
3.1applications per place, Reception
0.9 above Milton Keynes median (2.2) 0.9 above England median (2.2)

90 applications · 29 places offered · 28 named it first

  1. 2026 3.1; Milton Keynes median median 2.2
  2. 2025 3.2; Milton Keynes median median 2.2
  3. 2024 4.3; Milton Keynes median median 2.4
  4. 2023 3.9; Milton Keynes median median 2.3
  5. 2022 2.9; Milton Keynes median median 2.2
  6. 2021 2.8; Milton Keynes median median 2.3
  7. 2020 3.3; Milton Keynes median median 2.3
  8. 2019 3.4; Milton Keynes median median 2.3
  9. 2018 3.1; Milton Keynes median median 2.4
  10. 2017 2.8; Milton Keynes median median 2.3
  11. 2016 3.3; Milton Keynes median median 2.3
  12. 2015 2.1; Milton Keynes median median 2.0
  13. 2014 1.7; Milton Keynes median median 1.8
More applications per place than the Milton Keynes median in 12 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Milton Keynes median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 202629903.1280.97
Sep 2025491583.2310.63
Sep 2024291244.3200.69
Sep 2023441733.9260.59
Sep 2022601722.9420.70
Sep 2021581622.8380.66
Sep 2020601983.3550.92
Sep 2019602053.4580.97
Sep 2018682083.1630.93
Sep 2017812272.8690.85
Sep 2016903003.3951.06
Sep 2015881872.1680.77
Sep 2014881521.7510.58

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

School details

Type
Foundation school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
110400 · 826/2347
Capacity
180 pupils · 136 on roll
Free school meals
13.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Pigott Drive, Shenley Church End, Milton Keynes, MK5 6BX
Local authority
Milton Keynes

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources