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Haynes Lower School

PrimaryAges 2–9Community

Haynes, MK45 3PR · Central Bedfordshire local authority

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Getting in
24/36
first choices offered a place, 2026 (England: 93%)
How full
136 pupils
113% of its 120 places
Free school meals
6%
6 in 100 pupils eligible · outlined square = England’s schools (25)
The gist

What stands out about Haynes Lower School

  • No letter for this school: the reason is below.
  • Over capacity: 136 pupils for 120 places
  • 6% of pupils are eligible for free school meals (fewer than England’s 25%)
  • Ofsted: Good, July 2023 (shown, not graded)
  • 67% of families who put it first got a place for September 2026 (24 of 36)
  • Homes in its postcode sector (MK45 3) sold for a median £391,500; Haynes’s is £370,000
Getting in

How hard is it to get a place at Haynes Lower School?

67% of the families who put it first got a place for September 2026.

36
families put it first for September 2026
24
places offered
67%
of first choices offered a place (England’s primaries: 93%)
First choices and places, by year of entry
20192020202120222023202420252026
Families who put it firstPlaces offered
Red figures: first choices not offered a place

Years when some first choices missed out: 2024 (2), 2025 (4), 2026 (12). The council runs the coordinated admissions; each school’s rules (siblings, distance, faith) decide who gets in. DfE doesn’t publish the furthest distance offered, so check the council’s admissions booklet for that. Central Bedfordshire council sets the admissions rules. Apply through Central Bedfordshire council’s coordinated admissions.

Demand for primary schools nearby, September 2026

Outline = places offered · green = families who put it first · striped = more first choices than places

Haynes Lower
1.50 per place
67% got their first choice
1.07 per place
88% got their first choice
1.04 per place
89% got their first choice
0.94 per place
98% got their first choice
0.90 per place
100% got their first choice
0.88 per place
100% got their first choice
0.71 per place
100% got their first choice

Who goes here

DfE school census, January 2025

131 pupils. SEN support is extra help in school for a special educational need; an EHC plan is the council’s legal plan for pupils who need more.

SEN support
22.9%England 15.3%
EHC plan
8.4%England 3.6%
English as an additional language
13.7%England 18.8%
Free school meals in the last 6 years
5%England 26.2%

Girls and boys

Girls 51%Boys 49%
Its letter

No letter for Haynes Lower School

A first or lower school: pupils move on before the Key Stage 2 tests at 11, so there are no results to grade.

Letters go to England’s open mainstream state schools with published Key Stage 2 or GCSE results (grammar schools included), each against the schools of its own phase.

Ofsted

Ofsted inspections

Shown, not graded: Ofsted is never part of a letter or the School Grade.

Graded inspection: Good, July 2023.

The full reports on Ofsted ↗

Living nearby

Living near Haynes Lower School

For families thinking of moving: what homes cost around the school, and the other schools close by.

Home prices in MK45 3, the school’s postcode sector

Haynes property prices →
£391,500
median sale, 434 sales in 36 months · Haynes £370,000

Median sale price each year, 2010 to 2025

£150K£200K£250K£300K£350K£400K£450K2010201520202025MK45 3Haynes
MK45 3Haynes

By type, the 36 months to August 2026

Detached
£475K
Semi-detached
£350K
Terraced
£304K
Flat
£239K
MK45 3Haynes

Homes in MK45 3 sell for a little over Haynes’s typical price. HM Land Registry Price Paid, standard sales. Catchments aren’t published, so the postcode sector stands in for “around the school”.

Haynes, MK45 3PR

Nearby

Primary schools near Haynes Lower School

The nearest state schools of the same phase, as the crow flies. Catchments and admissions rules decide which one a child gets.

Haynes Lower School: common questions

How hard is it to get into Haynes Lower School?

For September 2026, 36 families put Haynes Lower School first and 24 of them were offered a place; 24 places were offered in all.

What is Haynes Lower School’s Ofsted rating?

Its latest inspection outcome is Good (July 2023).

How much do houses cost near Haynes Lower School?

Homes in its postcode sector, MK45 3, sold for a median £391,500 over the 36 months to August 2026 (434 sales).

Sources: DfE Get Information about Schools (16 October 2026), Key Stage 2 performance tables (2023–2025, three-year average) and Key Stage 4 (2025/26, provisional); Ofsted state-funded school inspections as at 30 September 2026. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Also: DfE Key Stage 4 performance, schools data (2023/24 and 2024/25 final, 2025/26 provisional) and Key Stage 2 performance tables 2024/25 by subject; DfE school census, January 2025; DfE school-level applications and offers, September 2019 to 2026 entry; HM Land Registry Price Paid by postcode sector, 2010 to August 2026.

A school’s letter is our own summary of its published results against England’s schools of the same phase; Haynes’s School Grade is a separate grade, built from the results of the schools in and around the town against other towns. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 (ONS boundaries). Northern Ireland: Source: NISRA; contains Land & Property Services data and Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland information, © Crown copyright, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Scotland: contains National Records of Scotland data, Registers of Scotland data and SEPA data, © Crown copyright / © SEPA 2025, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.