Priory Common School
General Information
- Address: Scatterill Close, Bradwell, Milton Keynes, MK13 9EZ – View on map
- Phone: 01908321646
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Ms Sashi Siva
- Age range: 4-7 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 14 families put it first for 15 places – 9 for every 10 places. Every one of them was offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 8 · 2024 10 · 2025 9 · 2026 9
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: No
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 20
- % eligible for free school meals: 32.8%
- Pupil mix: 7 in 10 (less mixed than the Milton Keynes average)
- English as an additional language: 33% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 16.7% a year (Milton Keynes 16.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 50% moved to another school, 50% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across Milton Keynes: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 4 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 10 (0.4 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 5 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in Milton Keynes, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 6.0%
- Persistently absent pupils: 12.8%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
- SEN unit for Autism 8 places · 9 pupils at the last count
Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.
- Pupils on SEN Support: 24.6%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 13.1%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 6 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 3 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 2 pupils
- Hearing impairment: 1 pupil
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 7 pupils
- Physical disability: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2019 report
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18th of 22 infant schools in Milton Keynes for Ofsted rating
- #16Oldbrook First School and NurseryGood
- #17Pepper Hill SchoolGood
- #18Priory Common SchoolGood
- #19Shepherdswell AcademyGood
- #20Sherington Church of England SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £11,597 (2024-25)
7th of 26 infant schools in Milton Keynes for spending per pupil
- #5Wood End Infant & Pre-School£15,720
- #6Castlethorpe First School£12,506
- #7Priory Common School£11,597
- #8Heelands School£9,631
- #9Germander Park School£9,552
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