Milburn School

Milburn School is described as a welcoming and nurturing environment where pupils arrive ready to learn, feeling safe and valued. The school has strong relationships between staff and pupils, contributing to a calm and positive atmosphere. While there are notable strengths such as effective support for students with special educational needs, there are areas of concern regarding the sequencing of the curriculum in certain subjects. The overall effectiveness of the school's practices has faced challenges since the previous inspection, leading to a likely graded inspection in the future.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy and enjoy coming to school.
• Strong relationships between staff and pupils build confidence.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs.
• Ambitious curriculum that reflects the local context.
• High-quality opportunities for personal development.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent curriculum sequencing in some subjects.
• Certain teaching activities do not reinforce key knowledge effectively.

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 2012–13, 0.0% of pupils at Milburn School were suspended at least once (nationally 0.4%). 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 2012–13 Milburn School had 10.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.5). Of its teachers in 2012–13, 47.6% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 19.0%).

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.

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What is Milburn School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Milburn School is Good, from an inspection in April 2025.

When was Milburn School last inspected by Ofsted?

Milburn School was last inspected in April 2025.

How many pupils does Milburn School have?

Milburn School has 19 pupils on roll.

What age range does Milburn School cover?

Milburn School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

Where is Milburn School?

Milburn School is at Milburn, Penrith, Cumbria, CA10 1TN.