Priory Common School
Scatterill Close, Bradwell, Milton Keynes, MK13 9EZ
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Interim Executive Headteacher
- Ms Sashi Siva
- SEN provision
- ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Constituency
- Milton Keynes North
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 90
- Pupils on roll
- 61
- URN
- 110380
- Local authority
- Milton Keynes
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01908321646
About this school
Priory Common School is a community primary school in Milton Keynes. It teaches children aged 4 to 7 and has 61 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
A short monitoring inspection followed on : inspectors found that standards have been maintained.
Trends over time
How Priory Common School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.9% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 81 |
| 2023/24 | 73 |
| 2024/25 | 58 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Priory Common School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 38% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6% | 41.4% | 61 | — |
| Bradwell Village School | 61% | 5.9% | 37.6% | 200 | 0.1 miles |
| Heelands School | — | 6.1% | 21.6% | 71 | 0.1 miles |
| Summerfield School | 66% | 5.2% | 33.7% | 323 | 0.6 miles |
| Stanton School | 65% | 5.8% | 44.2% | 305 | 0.8 miles |
| Germander Park School | — | 7.6% | 65.3% | 110 | 0.8 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
-
Ungraded inspection report28 January 2025
- 11 December 2019
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 41.38%
- English as an additional language
- 32.8%
- Overall absence
- 6.04%
- Persistent absence
- 12.77%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Bradwell Village School0.1 miles
Primary · Milton Keynes
-
Heelands School0.1 miles
Primary · Milton Keynes
-
Summerfield School0.6 miles
Primary · Milton Keynes
-
Stanton School0.8 miles
Primary · Milton Keynes
-
Germander Park School0.8 miles
Primary · Milton Keynes
Other schools in Milton Keynes
- Abbeys Primary School Primary
- Ashbrook School Primary
- Barleyhurst Park Primary Primary
- Bishop Parker Catholic School Primary
- Bow Brickhill CofE VA Primary School Primary
- Bradwell Village School Primary
- Brooklands Farm Primary School Primary
- Brooksward School Primary
- Broughton Fields Primary School Primary
- Bushfield School Primary
- Caroline Haslett Primary School Primary
- Castlethorpe First School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Priory Common School teach?
- Priory Common School teaches children aged 4 to 7. It is a primary school in Milton Keynes.
- Who is the interim executive headteacher of Priory Common School?
- The interim executive headteacher of Priory Common School is Ms Sashi Siva, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Priory Common School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Priory Common School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Priory Common School?
- Priory Common School has 61 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 7.
- Is Priory Common School full?
- Priory Common School has capacity for 90 pupils and 61 on roll (68%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Priory Common School a faith school?
- No. Priory Common School has no designated religious character.
- Does Priory Common School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Priory Common School as having no nursery classes.
- What SEN provision does Priory Common School have?
- The schools register lists Priory Common School's special educational needs provision as: ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- What is Priory Common School's absence rate?
- Priory Common School's overall absence rate is 6% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Priory Common School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Priory Common School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.