Swallowfield Primary

Community school·Primary school Milton Keynes, Central Bedfordshire·MK17 8SR
Composite score
37.1
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#11,811
National rank
#1286
In East of England
#26
In Central Bedfordshire
Top 80%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
57%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
45 first choices, 46 places
First choices per place
0.98
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
86
any preference, for 46 places
Applications from another council area
72%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.16
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020220.9820230.9320241.1320250.982026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Swallowfield Primary first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
2–11
Pupils on roll
458
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
10.5%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
3.1%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
9.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
0.9%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.7%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
14.5%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.6
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,767
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

School overview

Swallowfield Primary is a primary school serving Milton Keynes, Central Bedfordshire, classified by the DfE as a community school. It has 458 pupils aged 2 to 11 on roll. 57% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, broadly in line with the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 19.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 103 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Swallowfield Primary their first choice was offered one of its 46 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.7%. There are about 22.6 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 11% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Swallowfield Primary does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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