The Willows School and Early Years Centre
Community school · Primary
Milton Keynes · MK6 2LP · Milton Keynes
Ages 0–7
Status: Open
0.2 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 138605
Orchard Academy
Academy sponsor led · Milton Keynes · MK6 3HW
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 7–11
Pupils
294
Local authority
Milton Keynes
Age range
Ages 7–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy sponsor led (primary), Ages 7–11, in Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes, 294 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 45.6%. SEN provision includes: VI - Visual Impairment; OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication….
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Overview
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 7–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 138605
Location
- Address
- Springfield Boulevard, Springfield
- Postcode
- MK6 3HW
- Town
- Milton Keynes
- County
- Buckinghamshire
- Local authority
- Milton Keynes
- District
- Milton Keynes
- Constituency
- Milton Keynes Central
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 294
- Boys / girls
- 162 / 132
- School capacity
- 360
- Capacity fill
- 294 / 360 (82%)
- Free school meals
- 45.6%
- FSM pupils
- 134
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Governance
- Academy trust: EAST MIDLANDS ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- EAST MIDLANDS ACADEMY TRUST
- Sponsor
- East Midlands Academy Trust (EMAT)
SEN & specialist provision
SEN types and resourced/SEN unit places as recorded in GIAS. This is provision detail, not an Ofsted judgement.
- SEN types
- VI - Visual Impairment; OTH - Other Difficulty/Disability; SLCN - Speech, language and Communication; ASD - Autistic Spectrum Disorder
- Resourced provision
- Resourced provision
- Resourced places
- 21 on roll / 20 capacity
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Zoe McIntyre
- Telephone
- 01908735882