Wavendon Gate School

Community school·Primary school Milton Keynes·MK7 7HL
Composite score
55.5
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#5,360
National rank
#790
In South East
#26
In Milton Keynes
Top 36%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
62%
% achieving higher RWM
13%
Reading average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
46 first choices, 55 places
First choices per place
0.84
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
131
any preference, for 55 places
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.03
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020220.9620230.7920240.8020250.842026

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

Every child who put Wavendon Gate 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).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
405
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
28.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
17.3%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
5.7%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.0%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
7.4%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.5
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£5,882
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Wavendon Gate School at a glance

Located in Milton Keynes, Wavendon Gate School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 405 pupils aged 4 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. 62% 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 fallen by 6.0 percentage points compared with the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 36% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 104 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 13% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Wavendon Gate School their first choice was offered one of its 55 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.2%. There are about 20.5 pupils per teacher. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. 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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