Bala Way, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire MK2 3HJ
10 reasons to choose Drayton Park School
Top line
Drayton Park School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 69. It is one of the best state primary schools in Milton Keynes and one of the 3 best independent or state primaries within 2 miles.
School fundamentals
Drayton Park School is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It is an academy converter. The school is one of the 6 members of The Alliance Schools Trust. The school was also rated as Outstanding by Ofsted in its last (2017) inspection.
Average class size
Drayton Park School has two classes per year, and an average class size of 23 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2019, 2023, 2024 and 2025 show that Drayton Park School achieves lower than national average attainment scores. By the same measure but for 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2023, progress score rank the school in the top 35% of schools.
The Drayton Park School 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. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups and visiting speakers.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with specialist teaching for music and sport.
Sport at Drayton Park School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Competitive teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Drayton Park School
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
School hours are from 8.45am to 3.15pm. Breakfast club from 7.45pm.
Find another school near Drayton Park School
Milton Keynes Preparatory School (2 miles); Broughton Manor Preparatory School (5 miles); The Webber Independent School, Pre-Prep & Prep (5.7 miles).
St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Primary School, Bletchley (1.4 miles); Priory Rise School (3.2 miles); Monkston Primary School (3.9 miles).
The Webber Independent School (7.2 miles); Thornton College (10.7 miles); Akeley Wood Senior School (16.2 miles).
Denbigh School (5.2 miles); Oakgrove School (5.4 miles); Parkfields Middle School (11.5 miles).