Kents Hill Park all-through school

Free schools·Primary school Milton Keynes·MK7 6BZ
Composite score
45.5
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#8,952
National rank
#1330
In South East
#42
In Milton Keynes
Top 61%
Nationally

Primary performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
70%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
105.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
107.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
97%
31 first choices, 30 places
First choices per place
1.03
more first choices than places
Applications naming the school
96
any preference, for 30 places
Last place offered lived
4.00 mi
straight line, 2026 intake · 6433 m
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.13
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9020220.9320230.9720241.1720251.032026

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

The cut-off distance is how far the last child offered a place lived, not a catchment boundary: it moves every year with the number of applicants. Published by the council in its 2026 allocation figures, and checked against that document before we show it.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
98%
56 first choices, 118 places
First choices per place
0.47
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
450
any preference, for 118 places
Applications from another council area
1%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.34
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9220220.8720230.7520240.8120250.472026

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

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

Secondary performance (KS4 GCSE)

Kents Hill Park all-through school is an all-through school covering ages 3–16, so it has two sets of results. The headline score above reflects its primary (KS2) results, ranked against other primaries; its GCSE (KS4) results — ranked separately against other secondaries — are shown here.

#895
National rank
#167
In South East
#3
In Milton Keynes
Top 28%
Nationally
Attainment 8 score
50.2
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
56%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
70%
% EBacc grade 5+
26%
EBacc average points score
4.62

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

School profile

Age range
3–16
Pupils on roll
1,019
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
30.7%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
19.9%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.3%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
1.9%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.7%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
21.7%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
19.7
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,254
Typical secondary: £7,815

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

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
92%
118 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
86%
Apprenticeship
4%
Employment
2%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby primary schools

Location

School overview

Kents Hill Park all-through school is an all-through school serving Milton Keynes, classified by the DfE as a free school. It has 1,019 pupils aged 3 to 16 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Kents Hill Park all-through school 'Good'. 70% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 13.0 percentage points year on year. At GCSE, the school's average Attainment 8 score was 50.2, above the national average of 46. On our composite score, Kents Hill Park all-through school ranks in the lower half of primary schools nationally for its primary (KS2) results. For its secondary (KS4) results, it ranks in the top 28% of secondary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 105 in reading and 107 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). At Key Stage 4, 56% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, above the national average of about 45%. Kents Hill Park all-through school is oversubscribed: about 10 in 10 of the families who made it their first choice were offered a Reception place for September 2026, with 31 first choices for 30 places. In 2026 the furthest child offered a place lived 4.00 miles from the school in a straight line, according to the council's published allocation figures; the distance changes every year with demand. Overall pupil absence was 8.7%. There are about 19.7 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. 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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