Millfields Community School

Millfields Community School continues to provide a good level of education, maintaining high expectations for all students, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). The school prides itself on building strong relationships with its pupils and their families, allowing children to thrive in a supportive environment. With a well-structured curriculum that focuses on both academic and personal development, pupils are attentive and engaged in their learning. Significant highlights include a well-established school council, a strong emphasis on music education, and extensive extra-curricular activities that enhance students' experiences.

Strengths

• High expectations for all pupils, including those with SEND.
• Supportive relationships with pupils and their families.
• Well-structured curriculum across most subjects.
• Strong focus on reading skills from early years.
• Effective integration of SEND support in mainstream classes.
• Extensive extra-curricular activities and clubs.

Areas for Improvement

• Teaching and resources for some pupils with SEND in mainstream classes are not always effectively adapted.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Millfields Community School attended 95.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 0.0% of pupils at Millfields Community School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Millfields Community School had 22.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 18.4% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 16.6% of pupils at Millfields Community School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.7% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has resourced provision with 13 pupils.

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Millfields Community School received £9,552 and spent £9,313 for each of its 631 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £1,170,000 (-£1,856 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Millfields Community School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Millfields Community School is Good, from an inspection in April 2024.

When was Millfields Community School last inspected by Ofsted?

Millfields Community School was last inspected in April 2024.

How many pupils does Millfields Community School have?

Millfields Community School has 634 pupils on roll.

What age range does Millfields Community School cover?

Millfields Community School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Millfields Community School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 69% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Millfields Community School?

Millfields Community School is at Hilsea Street, Hackney, London, E5 0SH.