Howe Park School

Howe Park School is performing well overall, receiving a 'Good' rating in all inspected areas following its first routine inspection in over a decade. The school has successfully created a welcoming and nurturing environment where pupils are encouraged to aim high and demonstrate the school's core values. Though the school has made notable advancements, the inspection highlighted areas for growth, particularly in ensuring that all subjects have clearly identified knowledge outcomes and in addressing occasional disengagement among some pupils during lessons.

Strengths

• Pupils display high respect for each other and staff.
• Staff possess secure subject knowledge and are motivated to teach.
• The school emphasizes physical and mental health for pupils.
• Pupils enjoy a varied curriculum that includes enriching extra-curricular clubs.
• Strong support systems for pupils with special educational needs.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum knowledge requirements are not always clearly defined in some subjects.
• Inconsistent checks on pupils’ understanding and misconceptions.
• A few pupils occasionally become distracted and do not fully engage in learning.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Howe Park School attended 95.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Howe Park School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Howe Park School had 11.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 6.5% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 18.7% of pupils at Howe Park School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.0% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Howe Park School received £11,838 and spent £13,212 for each of its 107 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £7,000 (-£62 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Howe Park School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Howe Park School is Good, from an inspection in December 2023.

When was Howe Park School last inspected by Ofsted?

Howe Park School was last inspected in December 2023.

How many pupils does Howe Park School have?

Howe Park School has 107 pupils on roll.

What age range does Howe Park School cover?

Howe Park School for pupils aged 4 to 7.

Where is Howe Park School?

Howe Park School is at Bowland Drive, Emerson Valley, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK4 2SH.