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Heronshaw School

Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–7 · Academy

Lichfield Down, Walnut Tree, Milton Keynes MK7 7PG · heronshawschool.co.uk · 01908 608380

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Nov 2022
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
161
60% of 270 places
Local authority
Milton Keynes
Nursery class
No
Free school meals
22.4%
First language not English
29.2%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Inspiring Futures Through Learning

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, 33 families put the school first and 36 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 68 (Places 77)68September 2023: 56 (Places 58)56September 2024: 49 (Places 53)49September 2025: 38 (Places 43)38September 2026: 33 (Places 36)33Places 36
ReceptionPlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 202636330.9100%
September 2025Sept 202543380.9100%
September 2024Sept 202453490.9100%
September 2023Sept 202358561100%
September 2022Sept 202277680.9100%

Ofsted

Heronshaw School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 22 November 2022, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
22 Nov 2022
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesOutstanding
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementGood
Early yearsOutstanding

Previously: Concerns, ungraded inspection, Sept 2021

Earlier inspections

Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 130953), which Ofsted links to this one.

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Sept 2021Ungraded inspectionConcerns
    SafeguardingEffective

Before September 2019

  • Feb 2016Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    Early yearsOutstanding
    SafeguardingEffective

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 130953)

  • Feb 2011Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    Early yearsGood

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 130953)

What parents said

89% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (35 replies, to 4 September 2023).

Recommend
89%
Replies
35
15% · 4 Sept 2023
Child is happy at school▲95% agreeEngland 88%
Child feels safe●91% agreeEngland 89%
Pupils are well behaved▲89% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations●80% agreeEngland 82%
Child does well●88% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▲85% agreeEngland 82%
Told how child is doing●83% agreeEngland 84%
Good range of subjects●91% agreeEngland 90%
Can join clubs and activities●92% agreeEngland 90%
Supports personal development▼74% agreeEngland 78%
Concerns are dealt with properly▲83% agreeEngland 76%

based on the 69% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly●48% agreeEngland 49%

based on the 31% who had a child bullied

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