Water Hall Primary School
Primary schoolWater Hall Primary School is a primary school in Milton Keynes, for pupils aged 3 to 11. It had 182 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Graded inspection, July 2025: no overall grade
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 8 July 2025
- Overall effectiveness
- No overall grade (from September 2024)
- Quality of education
- Requires improvement
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 27% of pupils at Water Hall Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 66% in Milton Keynes and 62% in England.
0% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Milton Keynes | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 27% | 66% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 0% | 10% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 98 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100 | 105 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Lift Sir Herbert LeonSecondary. Graded inspection, October 2024: no overall grade. Attainment 8 of 42.6 (2025/26, provisional)300 m
- Newton Leys Primary SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, December 2024. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)550 m
- Drayton Park SchoolPrimary. Standards maintained, May 2025. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)550 m
- KWS Milton KeynesSpecial. No outcome in Ofsted's file770 m
- Bishop Parker Catholic SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, September 2023. 60% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)930 m
- The Premier AcademyPrimary. Standards maintained, June 2025. 81% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.2 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Milton Keynes
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).