Watling Primary School

Milton Keynes · MK8 1GB

General information Primary School · 3-11 years Who goes here 327 pupils, 9% FSM

Educational attainment Ofsted and results

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Watling Primary School

General Information

Address: Simmental Way, Whitehouse, Milton Keynes, MK8 1GB – View on map
Phone: 01908049500
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mrs Vikki Pegg
Age range: 3-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 56 families put it first for 49 places – 11 for every 10 places. 88% of them were offered a place. No places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2024 11 · 2026 11
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: None
Nursery provision: Yes

Who goes here

327 pupils out of 669 places Plenty of room

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 29
% eligible for free school meals: 9.0%
Pupil mix: 9 in 10 (more mixed than the Milton Keynes average)
English as an additional language: 48% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 19.6% a year (Milton Keynes 16.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 45% moved to another school, 55% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 2 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

About this Behaviour status

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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: 3.9%
Persistently absent pupils: 3.2%
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.

Pupils on SEN Support: 7.3%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 0.3%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Speech, language and communications needs: 10 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 7 pupils
Autistic spectrum disorder: 7 pupils

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

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Year 6 SATs results

SATs results for this school weren't published for 2024/25 - the Department for Education withholds them when a year group is too small to report without identifying pupils.

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Financials

Spending per pupil: £8,616 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

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.

3rd of 48 primary schools in Milton Keynes for spending per pupil

#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

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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.

Rank School Score

#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
#13Drayton Park School£7,203
#14Haversham Village School£7,172
#15Lavendon School£7,087
#16Great Linford Primary School£7,057
#17Bishop Parker Catholic School£7,035
#18Hanslope Primary School£7,021
#19St Mary and St Giles Church of England School£6,977
#20Cedars Primary School£6,865
#21Caroline Haslett Primary School£6,807
#22St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School£6,706
#23The Premier Academy£6,705
#24Brooksward School£6,671
#25Chestnuts Primary School£6,629
#26Newton Leys Primary School£6,559
#27Jubilee Wood Primary School£6,512
#28Abbeys Primary School£6,510
#29Giles Brook Primary School£6,438
#30Willen Primary School£6,416
#31St Monica's Catholic Primary School£6,356
#32Knowles Primary School£6,336
#33Long Meadow School£6,132
#34Rickley Park Primary School£6,120
#35Middleton Primary School£6,106
#36Monkston Primary School£5,959
#37Green Park School£5,940
#38St Bernadette's Catholic Primary School£5,937
#39Wavendon Gate School£5,882
#40Holne Chase Primary School£5,845
#41St Mary Magdalene Catholic Primary School£5,737
#42Fairfields Primary School£5,737
#43Priory Rise School£5,564
#44Oxley Park Academy£5,527
#45Whitehouse Primary School£5,508
#46Tickford Park Primary School£4,934
#47St Mary's Wavendon CofE Primary£4,351
#48New Chapter Primary School£1,801

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