Bow Brickhill CofE VA Primary School

Bow Brickhill CofE VA Primary School continues to demonstrate a strong performance as a good school. Pupils exhibit positive relationships with one another and staff, reflecting the school’s core values of respect, responsibility, and kindness. The curriculum is ambitious and well-sequenced, helping pupils achieve positively in core subjects like reading, writing, and mathematics. However, the implementation of the full curriculum is inconsistent, which affects the depth of learning for some pupils. Overall, the school creates a supportive environment that fosters enthusiasm for learning and encourages good behavior and attendance.

Strengths

• Pupils demonstrate exceptional positive relationships with staff and each other.
• Strong ambition for pupil achievement with high expectations set by staff.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
• Engaging and well-planned curriculum visits that inspire learning.
• High levels of pupil engagement and enjoyment in learning activities.
• Positive behaviour policy resulting in respectful and polite pupils.
• Strong relationships with the community enhancing regular attendance.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent implementation of the full curriculum affecting some pupils' achievement.
• Safeguarding record-keeping systems lack comprehensive oversight.

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 Bow Brickhill CofE VA Primary School attended 96.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 5.1% 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 Bow Brickhill CofE VA Primary 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 Bow Brickhill CofE VA Primary School had 17.2 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 9.8% 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, 14.0% of pupils at Bow Brickhill CofE VA Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.0% 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 Bow Brickhill CofE VA Primary School received £6,766 and spent £7,266 for each of its 100 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £65,000 (£652 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 Bow Brickhill CofE VA Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Bow Brickhill CofE VA Primary School is Good, from an inspection in July 2024.

When was Bow Brickhill CofE VA Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Bow Brickhill CofE VA Primary School was last inspected in July 2024.

How many pupils does Bow Brickhill CofE VA Primary School have?

Bow Brickhill CofE VA Primary School has 100 pupils on roll.

What age range does Bow Brickhill CofE VA Primary School cover?

Bow Brickhill CofE VA Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Bow Brickhill CofE VA Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 77% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Bow Brickhill CofE VA Primary School?

Bow Brickhill CofE VA Primary School is at Station Road, Bow Brickhill, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK17 9JT.