Castlethorpe First School

Community school·Infant school Milton Keynes·MK19 7EW

School type

Infant school

Ages 4–7

Key Stage 2 performance

Castlethorpe First School is an infant school for pupils aged 4–7. Pupils move on to a separate junior or middle school before Year 6, so the school does not enter pupils for the Key Stage 2 SATs and has no KS2 results to publish.

This applies to every infant school in England — it does not mean data is missing. Ofsted judgements and school information are shown below.

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first

100%

15 first choices, 15 places

First choices per place

1.00

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 15 places

Applications from another council area

11%

First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00

00.511.5

1 per place

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

Every child who put Castlethorpe First School 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).

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education

Outstanding

Behaviour and attitudes

Outstanding

Personal development

Outstanding

Leadership and management

Outstanding

Safeguarding effective?

Yes

Early years provision

Outstanding

School profile

Age range: 4–7
Pupils on roll: 35
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

11.4%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

5.7%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

8.6%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

0.0%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

4.4%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

4.2%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

16.4

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£12,506

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Hanslope Primary School Milton Keynes · 1.7 mi 40.7 Haversham Village School Milton Keynes · 1.8 mi 94.8 St Mary and St Giles Church of England School Milton Keynes · 2.5 mi 54.0 Bushfield School Milton Keynes · 2.6 mi 61.2 New Bradwell Primary School Milton Keynes · 2.6 mi 39.8 St Mary Magdalene Catholic Primary School Milton Keynes · 2.7 mi 46.8 Greenleys Junior School Milton Keynes · 2.7 mi 35.4 Stanton School MILTON KEYNES · 3.3 mi 59.8

Location

Official sources

Latest Ofsted report reports.ofsted.gov.uk DfE Compare School Performance compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk GIAS school details get-information-schools.service.gov.uk

About Castlethorpe First School

Castlethorpe First School is a primary school in Milton Keynes, classified by the DfE as a community school. Around 35 pupils aged 4 to 7 attend the school.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Castlethorpe First School their first choice was offered one of its 15 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.4%. There are about 16.4 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. Castlethorpe First School 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.