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Glastonbury Thorn School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–7 · Foundation school
Pigott Drive, Shenley Church End, Milton Keynes MK5 6BX · glastonburythorn.co.uk · 01908 504648
Overview
- Ofsted
- No overall grade
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2025
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Milton Keynes Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 136
- 76% of 180 places
- Local authority
- Milton Keynes
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 13.2%
- First language not English
- 29.4%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Milton Keynes Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 28 families put the school first and 29 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 49 | 31 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 29 | 20 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 44 | 26 | 0.6 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 60 | 42 | 0.7 | 100% |
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Glastonbury Thorn School on 10 June 2025 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.
- Overall
- No overall grade
- Inspected
- 10 Jun 2025
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Jan 2015
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jan 2015Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Outstanding Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding Feb 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (56 replies, to 1 September 2025).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 56
- 38% · 1 Sept 2025
based on the 71% who raised concerns
based on the 27% who had a child bullied