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Primary school in Milton Keynes

Emerson Valley School

Hodder Lane, Emerson Valley, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK4 2JR

Ofsted Good · 2022
School website 01908507914
Ofsted Good October 2022
Pupils 449 94% full
Local deprivation 8/10 less deprived

Ofsted

Goodas at 18 October 2022

Graded Good at its last graded inspection, on 18 October 2022.

Ofsted stopped awarding single-word overall grades in September 2024. This grade is 3 years old and will not be updated — the school keeps it until its next inspection, which will not produce a replacement grade.

Read the Ofsted report

Current published outcome
Good
Last overall grade in this dataset
Good
Days since inspection
1,445 days
Framework era
Historic overall-grade framework (ended September 2024)

These four fields describe the latest published inspection on this record. The dataset does not keep a previous inspection row, so a school inspected under the current framework will usually have no overall grade to show as “prior”.

key stage 2 results 2024/25

Not published for this URN in the current phase-appropriate school performance release.

Evidence found
No publishable key stage 2 headline attainment value for this exact URN.
Source coverage
DfE school-level 2024/25 performance files, joined by URN. Suppressed, not applicable and not published cells remain distinct from zero.
What this means
School Facts has no official phase-compatible attainment figure to display for this establishment and year.
What this does not mean
The school had no pupils, achieved 0%, performed poorly, or lacks results outside this release.

Pupils

Pupils on roll
449
Places
480
How full
94% full — 449 of 480 places taken
Girls / boys
204 / 245
Overall absence
5%

primary schools average 5.2%

Persistently absent
16%

primary schools average 12.8% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years
28%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language
34%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan
2%

England 3.5%

On SEN support
15%

England 15%

School funding 2025-26 financial year

Not found for this URN in the 2025-26 release.

Evidence found
Not found for this URN in the 2025-26 release; this is not represented as £0.
Source coverage
DfE mainstream-school allocations for running costs for pupils aged 5-16, importer snapshot 23 August 2026.
What this means
The official mainstream allocation release does not provide a publishable row for this establishment.
What this does not mean
The school received no public funding or has no budget; other establishment types and funding streams use different publications.

Allocation is not expenditure. DfE says this release combines the schools block with several other revenue grants and excludes capital spending. Funding is shown for context and is never used in School Facts ordering, peer groups or quality claims. Source, licence and coverage.

Roads and getting there

Road casualties within 500m

Child pedestrian casualties
0

England average 1.6 — pedestrians under 16, over five years

All reported collisions
6

England average 24.2 over five years

Of those, serious or fatal
0
Busiest road nearby
U

1,608 vehicles a day (2019)

Public transport

Bus stops within 500m
22

England average 11.9

Nearest station
Bletchley Rail Station

2.8 km away — railway station

Traffic volume is the context the collision count needs: a school beside a major road will record more collisions than one on a quiet street without being any less well run.

Every collision reported to the police within 500m of the school over the five years to 2024, from the Department for Transport's road casualty statistics. A high count usually says the school sits on or near a busy road, not that the school is unsafe — counts rise with traffic and with how built up an area is, and a rural school on a fast road may have fewer collisions but a worse one. Distances are straight-line from the school's recorded position.

The area around the school

8/10 Deprivation decile

Among the less deprived half of England.

7/10 Child poverty decile

Among the less deprived half of England for children in low-income families.

Indices of Deprivation 2019, for the small area the school stands in. 1 means the most deprived tenth of England, 10 the least. The second measure counts only children living in low-income families, which is the one that describes the intake a school is likely to draw on.

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£330,000

postcode sector MK4 2 · 117 sales

Typical range
£280,000 to £440,000

middle half of sales

Detached
£465,000
Semi-detached
£307,000
Terraced
£272,500

Homes around this school are close to the England average.

Every residential sale registered in this postcode sector since January 2024, from HM Land Registry. A sector covers roughly 2,500 addresses. England's median over the same period was £293,000.

Who lives there

Adults with a degree
41%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications
9%

England 18.3%

In professional or managerial work
20%

England 13.4%

Households deprived in 2+ ways
11%

England 17.8%

Residents in very good health
57%

England 48.4%

Housing

Owned by the occupier
49%

England 62.7%

Social housing
14%

England 17%

Privately rented
28%

England 19.2%

Detached homes
45%

England 38.2%

Four or more bedrooms
35%

England 22.5%

No car
14%

England 21.9%

Census 2021, for Milton Keynes 028A and the wider neighbourhood around it. These figures describe the area, not the pupils — children may travel in from much further away, and for selective, faith and independent schools they usually do.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
Ages
Ages 7–11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Sixth form
No
Nursery
No
Boarding
Day school
Headteacher
Headteacher: Hayley White
Opened as this establishment
1 December 2024
Register status
Open
Local authority
Milton Keynes
Ward
Shenley Brook End
Constituency
Milton Keynes Central
URN
151371

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Official DfE record
Open the register entry

The source record for this establishment and URN.

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Nearest primary schools

SchoolOfstedExpected standardDistanceCompare
Merebrook Infant SchoolAcademy converter Good 2022 — 0.2 mi
Howe Park SchoolCommunity school Good 2023 — 0.3 mi
Caroline Haslett Primary SchoolCommunity school No overall grade 85% 0.6 mi
Milton Keynes Preparatory SchoolOther independent school No overall grade — 0.7 mi
Barleyhurst Park PrimaryCommunity school Good 2024 60% 0.8 mi
Long Meadow SchoolCommunity school Good 2024 59% 0.9 mi
Cold Harbour Church of England SchoolAcademy converter Good 2024 — 0.9 mi
Rickley Park Primary SchoolAcademy converter Good 2022 53% 1.1 mi

Schools like this

The 12 state schools in England whose intake most closely matches this one — same phase and sector, and as near as the data allows on size, disadvantage, SEN, English as an additional language and the deprivation of the surrounding area. These are the schools it can fairly be judged against.

SchoolAreaOfstedExpected standardCompare
Selsdon Primary and Nursery SchoolFoundation school South Croydon No overall grade 48%
Knockhall Primary SchoolAcademy sponsor led Greenhithe Report card 2026 41%
Somerset Bridge Primary SchoolCommunity school Bridgwater Good 2024 67%
Leavesden JMI SchoolCommunity school Watford Good 2023 46%
St Thomas CofE Primary AcademyAcademy converter Boston No overall grade 60%
The Meads Primary SchoolCommunity school Luton Good 2024 54%
Manor Drive Primary AcademyFree schools Peterborough No overall grade —
Highworth Combined School and NurseryCommunity school High Wycombe Good 2024 77%
Sandy Lane Primary SchoolCommunity school Bradford Good 2024 45%
Dothill Primary SchoolFoundation school Telford Good 2024 69%
Oak View Primary and Nursery SchoolCommunity school Hatfield Good 2023 63%
Barnes Junior SchoolCommunity school Sunderland Good 2023 61%

Matching uses only characteristics a school does not choose. It is not a ranking, and a close match on intake does not make two schools interchangeable — sixth form, faith character, admissions rules and simple geography all matter and are not in the calculation.

Evidence ledger

Reference dates and join methods are kept separate because the figures do not all describe the same year or geography.

EvidencePublisherReference dateHow it reaches this page
School identityGet Information About Schools23 August 2026Exact URN 151371; unified importer snapshot
Inspection evidenceOfsted management information31 July 2026Exact URN; inspection 18 October 2022
Pupil intakeDfE school census2024/25Exact URN; suppressed values remain missing
Funding allocationDfE school funding statistics2025-26 financial yearNo row for this URN in the mainstream-school release; not represented as zero
Roads and transportDfT road casualties, traffic and NaPTANFive-year road window; access-node snapshotCoordinate join within the stated radius
NeighbourhoodONS Census2021LSOA/MSOA containing the school, not pupil homes
DeprivationEnglish Indices of Deprivation2019LSOA containing the school
Home pricesHM Land Registry Price Paid DataSales since January 2024School postcode sector, not a catchment

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