Millbrook Community Primary School

Millbrook Community Primary School is a popular and rapidly growing primary school that was judged good across all key areas in its November 2024 inspection. This was its first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic, and the school remains good following its previous inspection. Pupils enjoy attending, feel a strong sense of community and benefit from high expectations, an ambitious curriculum and a wide range of enrichment opportunities. The school's strengths include effective early years provision, strong support for pupils with SEND, a consistent approach to behaviour, and a well-prioritised reading curriculum. Pupils generally achieve well, behave respectfully and are well prepared for life in modern Britain. Governors provide effective support and challenge, especially given the school's rapid expansion, and staff value the consideration given to their workload and wellbeing. Safeguarding arrangements are effective. The main area for improvement is that in a small number of subjects, the essential knowledge pupils should learn is not defined clearly enough. This makes it harder for teachers to check whether pupils have secured the knowledge they need for future learning, and it affects how well some pupils learn in those subjects.

Strengths

• Ambitious, high-quality curriculum enriched with well-planned experiences.
• Pupils, including those with SEND, generally achieve well across many subjects.
• Strong early years provision helps children settle quickly and prepares them well for Year 1.
• Consistent behaviour management means pupils are respectful and focused.
• Effective mental health and wellbeing support helps pupils become confident learners.
• Reading is prioritised, with consistent phonics teaching and strong support for weaker readers.
• SEND needs are identified accurately and quickly, and staff are well trained to meet them.
• Pupils benefit from a wide variety of clubs, trips and leadership responsibilities.
• Attendance is improving through close work with parents and carers.
• Governors provide effective support and challenge while considering staff workload.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective.

Areas for Improvement

• In a small number of subjects, essential knowledge is not defined clearly enough, making it harder for teachers to check what pupils have secured for future learning.

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 Millbrook Community Primary School attended 94.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 18.5% 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 Millbrook Community Primary 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 Millbrook Community Primary School had 22.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 14.7% 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, 18.5% of pupils at Millbrook Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

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 Millbrook Community Primary School received £7,939 and spent £7,876 for each of its 310 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £56,000 (-£181 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 Millbrook Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Millbrook Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in January 2025.

When was Millbrook Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Millbrook Community Primary School was last inspected in January 2025.

How many pupils does Millbrook Community Primary School have?

Millbrook Community Primary School has 325 pupils on roll.

What age range does Millbrook Community Primary School cover?

Millbrook Community Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 56% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Millbrook Community Primary School?

Millbrook Community Primary School is at Kirkby Row, Westvale, Millbrook Community Primary School, Liverpool, Merseyside, L32 0TG.