National offer day is 16 April 2025.  If you made an online application for a school place for September 2025, parents and carers will be able to log on to the Citizen Portal to view their child's primary/junior school allocation.  If you completed a paper application form, you will receive a letter.

You can log on to the Citizen Portal here to see your child's school place offer.

You can view the allocation profile here for starting school for the first time and the junior school allocation profile here.  This gives information about how places were allocated and schools that may have vacancies for September 2025. 

IMPORTANT:  Parents do not need to contact the council or take any action if they are satisfied with the school place.  The school you have been allocated is now responsible for sending joining instructions to parents.

For parents whose applications are late, submitted between 16 January 2025 and 26 April 2025, school place offers will be sent on 30 May 2025 by letter.

Please note, if your child has been allocated a place at Brooklands Farm Primary School or Oxley Park Academy, you will receive a separate letter informing you which campus has been allocated.  Please do not contact the council to find out about campus allocations.

Brooklands Farm Primary School

Brooklands Farm Primary School is one school with two campuses: Fen Street and Countess Way. The school serves the settlements of Brooklands and Broughton Gate.

The campus allocation policy outlines how children are allocated to each campus and explains the process for parents to request a transfer to the alternative campus.

If for any reason, you are unhappy with the campus allocated and would like to request a different campus, a transfer request can be made.  You will need to complete a campus transfer request form and return it by email to primaryadmissions@milton-keynes.gov.uk.  The deadline for submitting the transfer request form to the council is Friday 30 May 2025.

Your request will be reviewed by the Campus Transfer Review Panel on 5 June 2025. The council will write to parents with the result of the transfer request within five working days of the date of the Panel meeting.  The decision of the Panel is final and there is no further right of appeal.

If you no longer need the school place you have been offered

If you have made other arrangements for your child’s schooling, or have a change of family circumstances such as moving away, please email primaryadmissions@milton-keynes.gov.uk with your child’s name, date of birth, home address and details of the school your child will be attending. We are obliged to keep records of where children live and which school they attend.

If you have not been offered a higher preference school

If the school you are offered is not one of your higher preferences, your child's name will automatically be added to the waiting list and you do not need to contact us. You can also request an appeal. If you do request an appeal, you are advised not to decline the place you have been offered in case an appeal or waiting list is not successful. The following information applies to Milton Keynes schools only.

Waiting lists

Waiting lists are ordered in line with the oversubscription criteria of each school and not by date received, so a child’s position on a list can move up or down. Waiting list position information will become available from 30 May 2025. For all Milton Keynes community and voluntary controlled schools waiting lists will be held for the academic year.  All other types of schools, including academies, voluntary aided and foundation schools, must hold their waiting lists until 31 December 2025.  After this date parents should check with the individual school to see whether the waiting list will continue to be held. 

Some waiting list offers may be made in the later application rounds. If you are happy with the school place offered on national offer day and no longer want to be considered for a higher preference school, you must let us know at primaryadmissions@milton-keynes.gov.uk

If you do not let us know, a waiting list offer may be made automatically.

Further information about waiting lists can be found here.

Appeals

To appeal against not receiving a higher preference school please read all the information here.

If you applied for a school in Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire or Northamptonshire and have not been offered your choice

You need to contact the relevant local authority to enquire about waiting lists and appeals:

Bedford Borough Council:  admissions@bedford.gov.uk

Central Bedfordshire Council:  admissions@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk

Buckinghamshire Council:  www.buckscc.gov.uk/contactadmissions

North Northamptonshire Council:  admissions.ncc@northnorthants.gov.uk

West Northamptonshire Council:  admissions@westnorthants.gov.uk

Applying after the closing date

Applications can be made on the late application for starting school or the late application for moving up to junior school. Completed applications must be returned by email to primaryadmissions@milton-keynes.gov.uk

When choosing your four school preferences we advise you to look on the allocation profile here for primary schools and the allocation profile here for junior schools to see which schools are oversubscribed.   

If you applied late the offer days are:

Applications received thereafter will receive an outcome by 29 August 2025.         

Before applying

• Read the guide for parents and carers to find further information about the application process
• You are advised to use all four preferences
• Ensure all information has been completed correctly and no information missed.  Any mistakes could affect your application
• You are advised to choose your catchment school as one of your preferences, should higher preferences not be available
• Ensure your school preferences include a school(s) that your child is most likely to meet the admission criteria
• If you are moving house during the application process, refer to the Applying for a school place whilst moving home section of the parents guide
• If your preference is to attend a school outside of Milton Keynes, you are still required to apply via Milton Keynes City Council

Applying for a place outside of Milton Keynes if you are a Milton Keynes resident (relevant to Little Brickhill, Woburn Sands, Bow Brickhill, Hanslope, Castlethorpe and Stony Stratford)

You must apply for a school place via the Milton Keynes application process, even if one of (or) more of your preference schools is located in another local authority area. We recommend that one of the four preferences is used to select your catchment school as there is no guarantee a school place will be offered at a school in another local authority area. All schools use their oversubscription criteria to determine eligibility and rank each application; you should check this information carefully before completing your application.

If a place is offered at a school outside of Milton Keynes, you will be responsible for any transport that is required. With the exception of High Ash CofE Primary School, which is considered the closest most appropriate school for some families, Milton Keynes City Council does not provide any transport or support to access any schools outside of Milton Keynes, including any schools that typically admit children that have attended High Ash CofE Primary School. You should discuss transport options with the relevant local authority before making your application.

You are advised to express a preference for at least one Milton Keynes school. If your application is unsuccessful for a school outside of Milton Keynes, you will be allocated a place at a Milton Keynes school with a vacancy and this may not be your catchment school, if you have not put any alternative preferences. You are advised to express a preference for your catchment school as you will have a higher chance of being offered a place at the school. If you are successful in receiving a place at more than one of your preference schools, we will offer a place at the highest preference school on your child’s application. 

Information relating to attending schools

School Travel Support

Parents and carers are responsible for ensuring their children attend school regularly and for arranging their safe arrival at school and journey home at the end of the day.  See if your child is eligible for assistance in getting to and from school and how to apply.

Free school meals

Parents and carers who receive certain benefits may be eligible for either pupil premium funding or free school meals.  Enquiries about free school meals should be made direct to individual schools.

Children with Special Educational Needs (SEN)

If you have any queries about your child’s special needs or wish to request a leaflet explaining the transfer process, please contact the SEN casework team.