Portfields Primary School

Foundation school·Primary school Newport Pagnell, Milton Keynes·MK16 8PS
Composite score
60.0
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#3,917
National rank
#574
In South East
#16
In Milton Keynes
Top 26%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
69%
% achieving higher RWM
13%
Reading average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
55 first choices, 55 places
First choices per place
1.00
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
103
any preference, for 55 places
Applications from another council area
2%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.04
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1 per place
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Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Portfields Primary 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
587
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
13.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
7.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
8.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
3.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.8%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
11.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
20.0
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,429
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Portfields Primary School at a glance

Located in Newport Pagnell, Milton Keynes, Portfields Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a foundation school. The school educates roughly 587 pupils aged 4 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 69% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 4.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the top 26% of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 107 in reading and 105 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 13% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Portfields Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 55 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.8%. There are about 20.0 pupils per teacher. Portfields Primary 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.

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