Water Hall Primary School
About the school
Water Hall Primary School is an open primary school in Milton Keynes.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 8 July 2025
- Published
- 11 September 2025
- Inspection type
- Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
- Latest outcome
- Not judged
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Not judged
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Good
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
Key Stage 2 results
Combined attainment
Reading, writing and maths expected standard
- School
- 27%
- Milton Keynes
- 66%
- England
- 62%
Reading, writing and maths higher standard
- School
- 0%
- Milton Keynes
- 10%
- England
- 8%
Subject attainment
Reading expected standard
- School
- 38%
- Milton Keynes
- 79%
- England
- 75%
Writing expected standard
- School
- 42%
- Milton Keynes
- 75%
- England
- 72%
Maths expected standard
- School
- 50%
- Milton Keynes
- 77%
- England
- 74%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling expected
- School
- 31%
- Milton Keynes
- 78%
- England
- 73%
Grammar, punctuation and spelling higher
- School
- 12%
- Milton Keynes
- 37%
- England
- 30%
Science expected standard
- School
- 73%
- Milton Keynes
- 84%
- England
- 82%
Scaled scores
Reading average scaled score
- School
- 98
- Milton Keynes
- 106
- England
- 106
Maths average scaled score
- School
- 100
- Milton Keynes
- 105
- England
- 105
Grammar average scaled score
- School
- 98
- Milton Keynes
- 107
- England
- 105
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
205
Girls
53.17%
Boys
46.83%
SEN support
30.24%
Education, health and care plan
2.93%
English as an additional language
26.30%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
61.62%
Overall absence
6.48
Persistent absence
22.4