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Great Horwood Church of England School

  • 3–11Ages
  • 113Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • Church of EnglandReligious character
  • 145032URN

School End, Great Horwood, Milton Keynes, MK17 0RG · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Mar 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

Applications per place · Sept 2026
3.0per place
0.5 above Buckinghamshire median (2.5)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Buckinghamshire

33 applications for 11 places
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
71%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 3 March 2026Published 8 May 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsExpected standard
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 3 March 2026
    Report card · 2 Strong standard, 5 Expected standard
  2. 26 January 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

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
3.0applications per place, Reception
0.5 above Buckinghamshire median (2.5) 0.8 above England median (2.2)

33 applications · 11 places offered · 11 named it first

FaithMay give priority to families of the faith.

  1. 2026 3.0; Buckinghamshire median median 2.5
  2. 2025 1.8; Buckinghamshire median median 2.4
  3. 2024 1.9; Buckinghamshire median median 2.5
  4. 2023 2.5; Buckinghamshire median median 2.5
  5. 2022 2.8; Buckinghamshire median median 2.5
  6. 2021 2.2; Buckinghamshire median median 2.6
  7. 2020 2.4; Buckinghamshire median median 2.6
  8. 2019 6.5; Buckinghamshire median median 2.6
  9. 2018 2.0; Buckinghamshire median median 2.7
  10. 2017 2.3; Buckinghamshire median median 2.6; as the previous school
  11. 2016 2.2; Buckinghamshire median median 2.6; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.8; Buckinghamshire median median 2.6; as the previous school
  13. 2014 3.0; Buckinghamshire median median 2.4; as the previous school
  • This school
  • Buckinghamshire median

Dashed bars: as Great Horwood Church of England Combined School (URN 110441), the previous school.

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 202611333.0111.00
Sep 202519341.8170.89
Sep 202415281.9140.93
Sep 20238202.581.00
Sep 202210282.890.90
Sep 20216132.261.00
Sep 20205122.451.00
Sep 20192136.510.50
Sep 201810202.080.80
Sep 2017 *8182.381.00
Sep 2016 *13292.2110.85
Sep 2015 *9252.870.78
Sep 2014 *7213.071.00

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 71% · Writing 79% · Maths 79% → all three 71% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard71%50th of 139 in Buckinghamshire
Reading
Expected standard71%
Higher standard43%
Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard79%
Greater depth29%
Maths
Expected standard79%
Higher standard21%
Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Buckinghamshire median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2571%21%106104
2023/2440%0%108104
2022/2350%6%109106

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

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

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
145032 · 825/3063
Trust
Oxford Diocesan Bucks Schools Trust
Religious character
Church of England
Capacity
150 pupils · 113 on roll
Free school meals
14.2% of pupils (England median 23%)
Nursery
Has nursery classes
Opened
1 November 2017
Replaced
Great Horwood Church of England Combined School (URN 110441)
Address
School End, Great Horwood, Milton Keynes, MK17 0RG
Local authority
Buckinghamshire

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