Cedars Primary School, Newport Pagnell

Ofsted's report card from its 9 June 2026 inspection grades Cedars Primary School on 7 areas: 2 strong standard and 5 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Attendance and behaviour - Strong standard. "Leaders have developed highly thoughtful and systematic strategies to managing pupils' attendance."

Early years - Strong standard. "The early years curriculum is sequenced highly effectively from Nursery Year to the end of Reception, building children's key knowledge and skills clearly."

Achievement - Expected standard. "Generally, pupils are ready for their next stage in learning, with particular strengths in phonics, reading and handwriting."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have a clear strategic overview of the curriculum and teaching."

Inclusion - Expected standard. "Across the school there is a culture of high expectations for all pupils."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders understand the school's strengths and areas for development well."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "The personal development programme includes provision for spiritual, moral, social and cultural development and meets statutory requirements."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should continue their work in ensuring that checks on pupils' knowledge and understanding are highly effective, addressing pupils' errors and misconceptions consistently, helping pupils to build their knowledge and skills across subjects more effectively"; "Governors should ensure that they further develop their knowledge and expertise to provide targeted, robust challenge to leaders across all aspects of the school's work"; "Leaders should ensure that, by the end of key stage 2, the positive impact of the curriculum is reflected in improved published outcomes for pupils in spelling, punctuation and grammar, reading, writing and mathematics".

The school runs a breakfast club from 7:30am and after-school care, from £5.00 per session.

In 2025, 73% of Year 6 pupils at Cedars Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 73% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 78% and 78% in Milton Keynes and 77% and 75% across England.

Results rose from 70% in reading and 58% in maths in 2024.

With small year groups, a few pupils can move these figures by several points.

For September 2026 entry, 26 families put Cedars Primary School as their first choice and 63 named it as one of their preferences, for 26 places offered. That is one first choice for every place. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

The nearest other state primary schools to Cedars Primary School are Tickford Park Primary School (0.3 miles); Green Park School (0.5 miles, Good, 70% reading, 72% maths); Portfields Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 85% reading, 81% maths); and Portfields Primary School (0.8 miles).

Cedars Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 2 schools.

In 2026, 33 pupils (14%) received SEN support and 2 (0.9%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Cedars Primary School.

9 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Market Hill (westbound), 100 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 84 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and criminal damage and arson. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Milton Keynes (156).

In 2024/25, Cedars Primary School issued 3 suspensions, 1.2 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.