Saffron Street, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire MK2 3AH
10 reasons to choose The Premier Academy
Top line
The Premier Academy has a Schoolsmith Score® of 73. It is one of the best state primary schools in Milton Keynes and one of the 7 best independent or state primaries within 3 miles.
School fundamentals
The Premier Academy is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 4 and 11 years. It is an academy converter. It is a Single Academy Trust. The school was also rated as Outstanding by Ofsted in its last (2018) inspection. Reception places are usually oversubscribed every year, on first preference.
Average class size
The Premier Academy has three classes per year, and an average class size of 30 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that The Premier Academy ranks in the top 11% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 4% of schools.
The The Premier Academy curriculum
School curriculum also includes PSHE, Spanish. Core subjects are taught separately, but foundation subjects, such as geography and history, are taught as half-termly topics with cross-curricular links to other subjects. There may be an occasional extra-curricular academic or hobby club.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers and residential trips from Year 3.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at The Premier Academy
School offers PE and up to 10 seasonal sports. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at The Premier Academy
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Two choirs and some instrument ensembles. There may be some occasional extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Out of school hours care from 7.30am to 6.00pm.
Find another school near The Premier Academy
Milton Keynes Preparatory School (1.9 miles); Broughton Manor Preparatory School (4.5 miles).
St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School, Bletchley (1.4 miles); Priory Rise School (3.2 miles); Monkston Primary School (3.5 miles).
The Webber Independent School (6.8 miles); Thornton College (9.6 miles); Akeley Wood (14.9 miles).
Oakgrove School (4.3 miles); Denbigh School (4.7 miles); Parkfields Middle School (11.2 miles).