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Heronshaw School

  • 4–7Ages
  • 161Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 146462URN

Lichfield Down, Walnut Tree, Milton Keynes, MK7 7PG · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Nov 2022 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.0per place
0.2 below Milton Keynes median (2.2)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Milton Keynes

72 applications for 36 places · 36th of 68 in Milton Keynes
Every year since 2014

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 22 November 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementGood
Early years provisionOutstanding

Inspection history

  1. 22 November 2022
    Graded inspection: Good
  2. 15 September 2021
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Outstanding (Concerns)

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
2.0applications per place, Reception
0.2 below Milton Keynes median (2.2) close to England median (2.2)

72 applications · 36 places offered · 33 named it first

  1. 2026 2.0; Milton Keynes median median 2.2
  2. 2025 2.4; Milton Keynes median median 2.2
  3. 2024 1.7; Milton Keynes median median 2.4
  4. 2023 1.8; Milton Keynes median median 2.3
  5. 2022 1.8; Milton Keynes median median 2.2
  6. 2021 2.0; Milton Keynes median median 2.3
  7. 2020 2.0; Milton Keynes median median 2.3
  8. 2019 1.9; Milton Keynes median median 2.3
  9. 2018 2.2; Milton Keynes median median 2.4; as the previous school
  10. 2017 2.0; Milton Keynes median median 2.3; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.9; Milton Keynes median median 2.3; as the previous school
  12. 2015 2.1; Milton Keynes median median 2.0; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.7; Milton Keynes median median 1.8; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Milton Keynes median in 1 of 8 years.
  • This school
  • Milton Keynes median

Dashed bars: as Heronshaw School (URN 130953), 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 202636722.0330.92
Sep 2025431022.4380.88
Sep 202453891.7490.92
Sep 2023581031.8560.97
Sep 2022771351.8680.88
Sep 2021551122.0520.95
Sep 2020741472.0690.93
Sep 2019851601.9760.89
Sep 2018 *631362.2600.95
Sep 2017 *901762.0820.91
Sep 2016 *771471.9720.94
Sep 2015 *731512.1670.92
Sep 2014 *891511.7660.74

Schools nearby

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

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
146462 · 826/2349
Trust
Inspiring Futures Through Learning
Capacity
270 pupils · 161 on roll
Free school meals
22.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 January 2019
Replaced
Heronshaw School (URN 130953)
Address
Lichfield Down, Walnut Tree, Milton Keynes, MK7 7PG
Local authority
Milton Keynes

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