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Long Meadow School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Community school
Garthwaite Crescent, Shenley Brook End, Milton Keynes MK5 7XX · longmeadow.milton-keynes.sch.uk · 01908 508678
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Feb 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 62%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Milton Keynes 66%, England 62%
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Milton Keynes Council
- Demand for places
- 0.9
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 358
- 88% of 405 places
- Local authority
- Milton Keynes
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 19%
- First language not English
- 39.4%
- 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, 24 families put the school first and 27 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 | 27 | 24 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 36 | 29 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 32 | 31 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 31 | 30 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 47 | 43 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 62% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 17% the higher standard. Across Milton Keynes it was 66%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ●62% | 62% | ||
| ▲17% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●107 | 106 | ||
| ●106 | 105 | ||
| ●107 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 28 February 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Long Meadow School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 27 Feb 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Sept 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Sept 2018Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Jan 2015Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Dec 2009Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
96% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (117 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 96%
- Replies
- 117
- 30% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 73% who raised concerns
based on the 29% who had a child bullied
based on 18 parents (15%) with SEND