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Tickford Park Primary School

Primary Ages 4-11 314 pupils Newport Pagnell
Ofsted: Good

Tickford Park Primary School is an academy converter in Newport Pagnell for pupils aged 4 to 11. It has 314 pupils on roll. The latest Ofsted rating for Tickford Park Primary School is Good, from an inspection in October 2021 of its predecessor, Tickford Park Primary School.

Ofsted inspection: December 2024.

Type Primary / Academy converter
Age Range 4-11
Religion Does not apply
Address Avon Close
Newport Pagnell
Buckinghamshire
MK16 9DH
Reference Number 151293

General Makeup

Number of pupils 314
Boy/Girl ratio Boys: 49.36%
Girls: 50.64%
Percentage of students eligible for free school meals 16.2%
Percentage of students where English is not their first language 7.3%

Class Sizes

Average size of one teacher classes 22.3
Average size of Key Stage 1 classes taught by one teacher 18.5
Average size of Key Stage 2 classes taught by one teacher 26

Year Groups

Year Boys Girls Total
1 20 24 44
2 17 16 33
3 28 23 51
4 26 22 48
5 15 31 46
6 30 26 56

Ethnicities

Ethnicity Percentage
White, British 72.3%
Unclassified 7.3%
White, Other 4.5%
African 3.2%
Mixed, Other 2.2%
Indian 1.6%
White & Asian 1.3%
Caribbean 1.3%
Asian, Other 1.3%
Irish 1%
White & Black (African) 0.6%
White & Black (Caribbean) 0.3%
Pakistani 0.3%

This school has not been graded since it changed URN, usually on converting to an academy. The rating shown is from its predecessor, Tickford Park Primary School, inspected in October 2021.

Overall Ofsted Rating Good
Last Report Date This school has not had an inspection yet.
Date Report
04 Dec 2024 Academy conversion letter

Reception admissions, 2026 entry

Number of Applications Number of Offers
First Preference
Second Preference 21 0
Third Preference 13 0
From another Local Authority 3 2

Previous years

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Places and pupil numbers

In 2024–25 Tickford Park Primary School had 338 pupils for 484 places. 146 places (30.2%) were unfilled.

Reception intake in the “Rural North Primary” planning area

Milton Keynes counted 308 Reception pupils in this area in 2024–25 and forecasts 314 in 2029–30, up 2%.

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 Tickford Park Primary School attended 94.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.5% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

2025
Authorised absence 4.3%
Unauthorised absence 1.1%
Severely absent pupils 1.9%

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, 0.9% of pupils at Tickford Park Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

2025
Suspensions per 100 pupils 1.5
Permanent exclusions 0

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 Tickford Park Primary School had 18.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7).

Pupils per teacher

2026
Pupils per adult 10.2
Teachers who left state teaching –
Teachers who took any sick leave –
Sick days per teacher –

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, 14.3% of pupils at Tickford Park Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

SEN support EHC plan
Moderate learning difficulty 13 0
Social, emotional and mental health 11 0
Speech, language and communication needs 11 0
Autistic spectrum disorder 2 2
Hearing impairment 2 0
Other difficulty or disability 2 0
Specific learning difficulty 2 0
Multi-sensory impairment 1 0
Physical disability 1 0

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.

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

Tickford Park Primary School is part of The Grand Union Partnership, which runs 5 schools. The nearest others:

What is Tickford Park Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Tickford Park Primary School is Good, from an inspection in October 2021 of its predecessor, Tickford Park Primary School.

When was Tickford Park Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Tickford Park Primary School was last inspected in December 2024.

How many pupils does Tickford Park Primary School have?

Tickford Park Primary School has 314 pupils on roll.

What age range does Tickford Park Primary School cover?

Tickford Park Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

Where is Tickford Park Primary School?

Tickford Park Primary School is at Avon Close, Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, MK16 9DH.

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