The Willows School and Early Years Centre

Community school·Infant school Milton Keynes·MK6 2LP

School type

Infant school

Ages 0–7

Key Stage 2 performance

The Willows School and Early Years Centre is an infant school for pupils aged 0–7. 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%

25 first choices, 25 places

First choices per place

1.00

fewer first choices than places

Applications naming the school

any preference, for 25 places

Applications from another council area

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 The Willows School and Early Years Centre 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: 0–7
Pupils on roll: 188
Gender: Mixed
Religious character: None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6

31.0%

Typical primary: 21.5%

% EAL

37.8%

Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support

25.5%

Typical primary: 14.3%

% with an EHC plan

3.2%

Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence

6.5%

Typical primary: 5.3%

Persistently absent

26.2%

Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher

20.5

Typical primary: 20.7

Spend per pupil

£8,491

Typical primary: £6,960

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

Nearby primary schools

Orchard Academy Milton Keynes · 0.1 mi 35.0 Falconhurst School Milton Keynes · 0.5 mi 43.9 Jubilee Wood Primary School Milton Keynes · 0.5 mi 56.2 Southwood School Milton Keynes · 1.1 mi 49.5 Middleton Primary School Milton Keynes · 1.2 mi 94.8 Oakgrove School Milton Keynes · 1.4 mi 61.1 New Chapter Primary School Milton Keynes · 1.4 mi 26.6 Langland Community School Milton Keynes · 1.4 mi 48.2

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

The Willows School and Early Years Centre at a glance

Located in Milton Keynes, The Willows School and Early Years Centre is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 188 pupils.

Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made The Willows School and Early Years Centre their first choice was offered one of its 25 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 6.5%. There are about 20.5 pupils per teacher. The Willows School and Early Years Centre 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.