How many pupils attend Milton-on-Stour Church of England Primary School?

Milton-on-Stour Church of England Primary School has 119 pupils on roll.

What ages does Milton-on-Stour Church of England Primary School take?

Milton-on-Stour Church of England Primary School admits pupils aged 4 to 11.

How do I apply to Milton-on-Stour Church of England Primary School?

Milton-on-Stour Church of England Primary School is a state school. In England you apply through the council where you live, using its common application form, even if the school is in another council area. The national closing date for primary places is 15 January.

Does Milton-on-Stour Church of England Primary School have a religious character?

Yes — Milton-on-Stour Church of England Primary School has a religious character of Church of England. Faith criteria may apply to admissions; check the school's oversubscription policy for details.

How are Reception places decided at Milton-on-Stour Church of England Primary School?

When Milton-on-Stour Church of England Primary School has more applications than places for 2027-28, they are offered in a published order of priority: 1. Looked After Children or Previously Looked After Children (LAC) — A child who is in the care of an LA, or was in the care of an LA but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child arrangement, or special guardianship order. This includes those children who appear to the admission authority to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted; 2. Vulnerable Children (medical or social need) — A child is eligible in this category where the child has an identified social or medical need (see explanatory note below); 3. Children living in the Catchment Area with a sibling at the school — A child living inside the Catchment Area is eligible for this category where they have a sibling attending the school on the date of application and the sibling will still be attending the school at the time of admission, and 5 further criteria. The school offers 20 places at this entry point. Tie-break: If there are not enough places to satisfy all the applications under any one criterion, priority will be given to those living nearest the school. The school will adopt the measurement system used by Wiltshire and Dorset LAs to determine the distance from the school to the home address. Where two or more applicants live an equal distance from the school and it is not possible to differentiate between them, priority will be determined by random allocation through the drawing of lots supervised by someone independent of the school.

What is the largest ethnic background at Milton-on-Stour Church of England Primary School?

According to the DfE School Census 2025-26, 89.9% of pupils at Milton-on-Stour Church of England Primary School are recorded as White British. The full ethnic breakdown across all groups is available on the Pupils tab.

Milton-on-Stour Church of England Primary School

How close did you need to live?

Distance did not decide places here

Every applicant who applied on time was offered a place for 2021-22 (Reception), so there was no cut-off distance. This changes from year to year; check the current year's figures before relying on it.

Last distance offered at Milton-on-Stour Church of England Primary School, year by year →

How places are decided at Milton-on-Stour Church of England Primary School

When there are more applications than places for 2027-28 (Reception), places are offered in this order of priority. Meeting a higher criterion beats meeting a lower one.

1Looked After Children or Previously Looked After Children (LAC) — A child who is in the care of an LA, or was in the care of an LA but immediately after being looked after became subject to an adoption, child arrangement, or special guardianship order. This includes those children who appear to the admission authority to have been in state care outside of England and ceased to be in state care as a result of being adopted.
2Vulnerable Children (medical or social need) — A child is eligible in this category where the child has an identified social or medical need (see explanatory note below).
3Children living in the Catchment Area with a sibling at the school — A child living inside the Catchment Area is eligible for this category where they have a sibling attending the school on the date of application and the sibling will still be attending the school at the time of admission.
4Children living outside the Catchment Area with a sibling at the school — A child living outside the Catchment Area is eligible for this category where they have a sibling attending the school on the date of application and the sibling will still be attending the school at the time of admission.
5Children living in the Catchment Area
6Children of school staff — A child is considered to fall under this criterion where the member of staff has been employed at the school for at least 6 months at the time at which the application for admission to the school is made, and/or the member of staff is recruited to fill a vacant post for which there is a demonstrable skill shortage.
7Children attending a designated feeder nursery (where applicable) — A child is considered eligible under this criterion if they are attending the school's designated feeder nursery... Children are only eligible under this criterion if they are eligible for the early year's pupil premium, the pupil premium, or the service premium. (n/a listed for this school - no designated feeder nursery)
8All other children

If two applications tie: If there are not enough places to satisfy all the applications under any one criterion, priority will be given to those living nearest the school. The school will adopt the measurement system used by Wiltshire and Dorset LAs to determine the distance from the school to the home address. Where two or more applicants live an equal distance from the school and it is not possible to differentiate between them, priority will be determined by random allocation through the drawing of lots supervised by someone independent of the school.

This is a Pickwick Academy Trust-wide admissions policy covering 21 schools; criteria and tie-breaker are common across all listed schools, with PAN individually specified per school. No designated nursery is listed for this school (n/a).

Published by the admission authority. Meeting a criterion never guarantees a place — it sets the order places are offered in. Full detail, other entry points and previous years are on the Admissions tab.