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Drayton Parslow Village School

Primary · Community school · Mixed · Buckinghamshire

Main Road, Milton Keynes, MK17 0JR

Website 01296720306

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headline score

Ranking (England)

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No ranked results

Ofsted

School remains Good

No graded inspection

Application demand

71%

1st preference success · Not oversubscribed

Attendance

96.3%

8.0% persistently absent

Above averageAround averageBelow averagecompared with the England average for state-funded schools.

At a glance

Pupils on roll

38

Capacity used

Has space

84%

45 places

GCSE rank (England)

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KS2 rank (England)

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Application demand

Primary entry · official council applications and offers

Not oversubscribed

71%

1st preference success rate

10 of 14 families who put it first got an offer

15

Places offered

61

Total applications

4.1

Applications per place

Preference (Sept 2025 entry)ApplicationsOffersSuccess
1st preference1410● 71%
2nd preference335● 15%
3rd preference110● 0%
Later preferences (4th–6th)30● 0%
Total611525%

1st preference success by year

92%
2020
100%
2021
100%
2022
100%
2023
100%
2024
71%
2025

Buckinghamshire lets families list 6 preferences. 12 applications came from outside the council area (3 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.

Last distance offered

From Buckinghamshire council's allocation report on offer day. It changes every year, so treat it as a guide.

September 2026 entry

3.89 km

Furthest child offered under "Distance"

15 places

All applicants could be offered a place up to Rule 5{6} (catchment {siblings}), Rule 5 (catchment), Rule 6 (siblings) and some under Rule 8 (distance)

September 2025 entry

4.22 km

Furthest child offered under "Distance"

15 places

All applicants could be offered a place up to Rule 5{6} (catchment {siblings}), Rule 5 (catchment), Rule 6 (siblings) and some under Rule 8 (distance)

Currently available for Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Enfield schools, from council allocation reports. Distances are straight-line from home to school.

Details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
Age range
4–7
Gender
Mixed
Sixth form
No
Nursery
No Nursery Classes
Boarding
No boarders
Headteacher
David May
Address
Main Road, Drayton Parslow, Milton Keynes, MK17 0JR
Phone
01296720306
Local authority
Buckinghamshire
Ward / constituency
Newton Longville · Buckingham and Bletchley
Area
Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
110222

Pupils

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Free school meals11%——
English as additional language3%——
SEN support8%——
68% boys (26)32% girls (12)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 2 of 5)

1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.

38 pupils · 45 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

  1. 22

    30 March 2022

    Ungraded inspection

    School remains Good
View all Ofsted reports

Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 25 pupils

Attendance

96.3%

Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%

Overall absence

3.7%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%

Persistent absence

8.0%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%

Severe absence

0.0%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

1.0%

Absences the school didn't approve

Persistent absence by year

3%
20/21
3%
21/22
12%
22/23
0%
23/24
8%
24/25

Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.

House prices near the school

Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 3.9 km — based on the last distance offered, last 12 months.

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Key application dates

National deadlines in England. Apply through Buckinghamshire council, not the school.

EntryDeadlineOffer day
Reception (primary)15 January16 April (or next working day)

Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.