Cedars Primary School

General Information

Address: Bury Street, Newport Pagnell, MK16 0DT
Phone: 01908610561
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mrs Joanne Goldsmith
Age range: 3-11 years
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Number of pupils: 235
School capacity: 361
Pupils eligible for free school meals: 46
% eligible for free school meals: 19.6%
Nursery provision: Yes

Behaviour

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Attendance

Overall absence: 4.6%
Persistently absent pupils: 8.2%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision

SEN Unit and Resourced Provision

Most mainstream schools don't have a dedicated SEN Unit or Resourced Provision - it isn't a mark against a school that doesn't, just a different kind of setup than one that does.

SEN provision information for this school has not been added yet.

Pupils on SEN Support: 14.0%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 0.9%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Social, emotional and mental health: 9 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 7 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 6 pupils
SEN support but no specialist assessment of type of need: 5 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 3 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Social, emotional and mental health: 1 pupil
Physical disability: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

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Educational Attainment

Good 2021 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted changed how it rates schools in the last couple of years, so ratings from different years aren't always on the same scale - that's why we show the year alongside every rating.

Educational attainment data for this school has not been added yet.

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Ranked #8 of 35 Ofsted Rating schools of this type in the area

#6Bow Brickhill CofE VA Primary SchoolGood
#7Brooksward SchoolGood
#8Cedars Primary SchoolGood
#9Christ the Sower Ecumenical Primary SchoolGood
#10Fairfields Primary SchoolGood

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Ofsted Rating ranking

Based on real Ofsted ratings (via official DfE data) for schools on the same four-word grading scale.

#1Brooklands Farm Primary SchoolOutstanding
#2Middleton Primary SchoolOutstanding
#3Abbeys Primary SchoolGood
#4Barleyhurst Park PrimaryGood
#5Bishop Parker Catholic SchoolGood
#6Bow Brickhill CofE VA Primary SchoolGood
#7Brooksward SchoolGood
#8Cedars Primary SchoolGood
#9Christ the Sower Ecumenical Primary SchoolGood
#10Fairfields Primary SchoolGood
#11Falconhurst SchoolGood
#12Giles Brook Primary SchoolGood
#13Green Park SchoolGood
#14Hanslope Primary SchoolGood
#15Haversham Village SchoolGood
#16Holne Chase Primary SchoolGood
#17Jubilee Wood Primary SchoolGood
#18Kents Hill Park all-through schoolGood
#19Knowles Primary SchoolGood
#20Lift Charles WarrenGood
#21Long Meadow SchoolGood
#22Monkston Primary SchoolGood
#23New Bradwell Primary SchoolGood
#24New Chapter Primary SchoolGood
#25Oxley Park AcademyGood
#26Rickley Park Primary SchoolGood
#27St Bernadette's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#28St Mary and St Giles Church of England SchoolGood
#29St Mary's Wavendon CofE PrimaryGood
#30St Monica's Catholic Primary SchoolGood
#31Summerfield SchoolGood
#32Tickford Park Primary SchoolGood
#33Wavendon Gate SchoolGood
#34Willen Primary SchoolGood
#35Moorland Primary SchoolRequires improvement

Financials

Financial summary information for this school has not been added yet.

Spending per pupil: £6,865 (2024-25)

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A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

Ranked #22 of 51 Spending Per Pupil schools of this type in the area

#20St Mary and St Giles Church of England School£6,977
#21Glebe Farm School£6,975
#22Cedars Primary School£6,865
#23Caroline Haslett Primary School£6,807
#24St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School£6,706

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

#1Langland Community School£9,540
#2Water Hall Primary School£9,136
#3Watling Primary School£8,616
#4Barleyhurst Park Primary£8,074
#5Moorland Primary School£8,068
#6Lift Charles Warren£7,990
#7Giffard Park Primary School£7,965
#8New Bradwell Primary School£7,604
#9Bow Brickhill CofE VA Primary School£7,530
#10Falconhurst School£7,499
#11Christ the Sower Ecumenical Primary School£7,393
#12Summerfield School£7,260
#13Kents Hill Park all-through school£7,254
#14Drayton Park School£7,203
#15Haversham Village School£7,172
#16Lavendon School£7,087
#17Great Linford Primary School£7,057
#18Bishop Parker Catholic School£7,035
#19Hanslope Primary School£7,021
#20St Mary and St Giles Church of England School£6,977
#21Glebe Farm School£6,975
#22Cedars Primary School£6,865
#23Caroline Haslett Primary School£6,807
#24St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School£6,706
#25The Premier Academy£6,705
#26Oakgrove School£6,680
#27Brooksward School£6,671
#28Chestnuts Primary School£6,629
#29Newton Leys Primary School£6,559
#30Jubilee Wood Primary School£6,512
#31Abbeys Primary School£6,510
#32Giles Brook Primary School£6,438
#33Willen Primary School£6,416
#34St Monica's Catholic Primary School£6,356
#35Knowles Primary School£6,336
#36Long Meadow School£6,132
#37Rickley Park Primary School£6,120
#38Middleton Primary School£6,106
#39Monkston Primary School£5,959
#40Green Park School£5,940
#41St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School£5,937
#42Wavendon Gate School£5,882
#43Holne Chase Primary School£5,845
#44St Mary Magdalene Catholic Primary School£5,737
#45Fairfields Primary School£5,737
#46Priory Rise School£5,564
#47Oxley Park Academy£5,527
#48Whitehouse Primary School£5,508
#49Tickford Park Primary School£4,934
#50St Mary's Wavendon CofE Primary£4,351
#51New Chapter Primary School£1,801

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