Heronsgate School

Heronsgate School has demonstrated a commendable overall performance, receiving a 'Good' rating across various domains including education quality, behaviour, personal development, and leadership. The school emphasizes an ambitious curriculum and has managed to maintain a positive atmosphere where pupils feel safe and supported. The level of parental engagement is high, with many expressing their gratitude for the school's focus on well-being and the wide range of extracurricular activities offered. The school has effectively implemented initiatives to improve early reading, ensuring that struggling readers receive timely assistance.

Strengths

• Ambitious and broad curriculum
• High levels of pupil enjoyment and achievement
• Strong support for pupils with SEND
• Positive behaviour and respectful interactions among pupils
• Effective leadership and management
• Strong focus on pupil well-being
• Active parental engagement and positive feedback from parents

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent checking of pupils' understanding and misconceptions
• Some subject curriculums require further refinement for better implementation

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 Heronsgate School attended 94.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.9% 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, 2.6% of pupils at Heronsgate 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 Heronsgate School had 23.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 20.0% 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, 12.9% of pupils at Heronsgate School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.3% 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 2023–24 Heronsgate School received £5,897 and spent £6,102 for each of its 379 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £84,000 (£221 per pupil).

Across all 19 schools of Inspiring Futures Through Learning, income was £6,394 and spending £6,477 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Milton Keynes · Milton Keynes local authority: places and applications

Heronsgate School is part of Inspiring Futures Through Learning, which runs 22 schools. The nearest others:

• Heronshaw School Milton Keynes
• Heronshill School and Nursery Milton Keynes
• Glebe Farm School Milton Keynes
• New Chapter Primary School Milton Keynes
• St Mary's Wavendon CofE Primary Milton Keynes
• Brooklands Farm Primary School Milton Keynes
• Rickley Park Primary School Bletchley
• Chestnuts Primary School Milton Keynes
• Holmwood School Milton Keynes
• Two Mile Ash School Milton Keynes

What is Heronsgate School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Heronsgate School is Good, from an inspection in January 2024.

When was Heronsgate School last inspected by Ofsted?

Heronsgate School was last inspected in January 2024.

How many pupils does Heronsgate School have?

Heronsgate School has 334 pupils on roll.

What age range does Heronsgate School cover?

Heronsgate School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

What are Heronsgate School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 61% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Heronsgate School?

Heronsgate School is at Lichfield Down, Walnut Tree, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK7 7BW.