New Bradwell Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Milton Keynes·MK13 0BQ
Composite score
39.8
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National rank
#1640
In South East
#51
In Milton Keynes
Top 74%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
54%
% achieving higher RWM
4%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
102.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
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%
46 first choices, 50 places
First choices per place
0.92
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
93
any preference, for 50 places
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.06
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9720220.9620230.9620240.9820250.922026

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

Every child who put New Bradwell 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
3–11
Pupils on roll
623
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
32.9%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
34.5%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
11.1%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
7.1%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.2%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
12.2%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
15.9
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,604
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

New Bradwell Primary School is a primary school serving Milton Keynes, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 623 pupils aged 3 to 11 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated New Bradwell Primary School 'Good'. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 54% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — below the national average of 61%. That is down 8.0 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 lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 103 in reading and 102 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 4% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). New Bradwell Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 46 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 5.2%. There are about 15.9 pupils per teacher. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. 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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