Watling Primary School
Watling Primary School is a free school in Milton Keynes for boys and girls aged 3 to 11. It has 327 pupils and room for 669. About 9 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, far fewer than at most schools in England.
Simmental Way, Whitehouse, Milton Keynes, MK8 1GB01908 049500watlingprimary.netMrs Vikki Pegg headteacherAll details
Ofsted
Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.
Results
No published results yet for this school.
Getting a place
Open to all. There is no entrance test.
511 places were empty (81% of the total), so almost everyone who applies gets in.
How places were given out for September 2026. More children applied than there were places. The last place went to a child who qualified under the catchment area rule, so all the places were taken before distance came into it.
| Entry | How far the last child lived | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 Primary | – (catchment area) | LA |
Who goes here
Who the school teaches, from the latest school census.
Infant classes (Reception to Year 2) average 25.3 pupils (England 25.5); junior classes (Years 3 to 6) average 23.7 (England 27.3).
The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: language and communications needs (11), Autistic spectrum disorder (7), emotional and mental health (7).
How the mix of pupils has changed
| Census | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils on roll | 327 | 164 | 29 |
| Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals | 9% | 9% | 10% |
| Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language | 48% | 44% | 52% |
| Pupils getting extra supportSEN support | – | 8% | 7% |
| Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans | – | 1% | 0% |
Attendance and behaviour
In 2024/25 pupils were in school 96.1% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.
Attendance year by year
| Measure | 2024/25 | 2023/24 | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sessions missedOverall absence | 3.9% | 3.2% | 5.2% |
| Missed with permissionAuthorised absence | 2.8% | 2.0% | – |
| Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence | 1.1% | 1.2% | – |
| Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence | 3.2% | 3.6% | 12.8% |
| SuspensionsSuspension rate | 4.3 | 10.4 | – |
| Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions | 0 | 0 | – |
Staff and money
From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.
Money
From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.
Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.
The area around the school
Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.
Nearby schools
The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.
| School | Type | Distance | Pupils | Ofsted | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitehouse Primary School | Free school | 780 m | 672 | Not inspected | 92 | Compare |
| Fairfields Primary School | Free school | 800 m | 603 | Good 2022 | 62 | Compare |
| Ashbrook School | Academy | 0.8 miles | 169 | Good 2024 | 53 | Compare |
| Two Mile Ash School | Academy | 1.0 miles | 649 | Outstanding 2024 | 95 | Compare |
| Holmwood School | Academy | 1.1 miles | 201 | Good 2024 | 30 | Compare |
| Christ the Sower Ecumenical Primary School | Academy | 1.2 miles | 212 | Good 2023 | 60 | Compare |
| Greenleys First School | Council | 1.3 miles | 92 | Good 2023 | 8 | Compare |
| St Mary Magdalene Catholic Primary School | Roman Catholic | 1.3 miles | 357 | No overall grade 2025 | 35 | Compare |
Questions parents ask
Is Watling Primary School a good school?
We don't have enough published data to score Watling Primary School yet.
How many pupils does Watling Primary School have?
327 pupils aged 3 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 669 places, so it is 49% full.
Is Watling Primary School oversubscribed?
Probably not. 511 places were empty in 2024/25 (81% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.
What is attendance like at Watling Primary School?
Pupils were in school 96.1% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 3% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.
How big are the classes at Watling Primary School?
The average class had 22.2 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. No class had more than 30 pupils.
These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.
Contact and details
- Address
- Simmental Way, Whitehouse, Milton Keynes, MK8 1GB
- Telephone
- 01908 049500
- Website
- watlingprimary.net
- Headteacher
- Mrs Vikki Pegg
- Type of school
- Free school (Free schools, free schools)
- Phase
- Primary school, ages 3-11, with nursery
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Multi-academy trust
- The Alliance Schools Trust (7 schools)
- Local authority
- Milton Keynes
- Ward
- Stony Stratford
- Constituency
- Milton Keynes North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 1 September 2023 (academy free school)
- URN
- 149470 · LAESTAB 8262032 · UKPRN 10093078
Where these figures come from
- School details: Department for Education, Get Information About Schools, refreshed daily (this page rebuilt 13 September 2026).
- Inspections: Ofsted management information, monthly; latest publication in our data 27 August 2026.
- Attendance: DfE pupil absence in schools in England, 2024/25 full year.
- Pupil characteristics: DfE school census, January 2026.
- Staff: DfE school workforce census, November 2025.
- Class sizes: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026.
- Pupil premium: DfE allocations and conditions of grant, 2026 to 2027.
- Money: DfE financial benchmarking and insights tool, academy accounts return 2024/25.
- Admissions outcomes: Milton Keynes council's published allocation statistics (source), entry years 2026.
- Neighbourhood: police.uk street-level crime, HM Land Registry price paid data, NaPTAN bus stops, English Indices of Deprivation 2025.
- All under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Full list and update calendar.