Millbrook Junior School

Millbrook Junior School continues to demonstrate good overall performance, building on its previous inspection in December 2017. The school has managed to create a welcoming environment where pupils feel proud and well-prepared for their future educational journey. Leaders have prioritized mental health and well-being, ensuring that pupils from diverse backgrounds learn respect and understanding. The impact of recent curriculum adjustments is leading to improvements in pupils’ knowledge, especially in reading and mathematics, although the published outcomes have not yet consistently reflected these advances due to the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Strengths

• Pupils exhibit pride in their school and respect for their teachers.
• The school provides a calm and purposeful environment for learning.
• Leaders have identified key knowledge and skills required across subjects.
• Pupils show confidence in discussing the books they study.
• Teachers possess good subject knowledge and effectively address misconceptions.
• Leaders have implemented strong support for mental health and well-being.
• Pupils engage in various responsibilities and learn to set their own goals.

Areas for Improvement

• Some pupils with SEND do not receive the precise support needed to close learning gaps.
• Actions taken to improve achievement have not yet consistently shown results in published outcomes.

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 Junior School attended 95.3% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.2% 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, 2.2% of pupils at Millbrook Junior 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 Junior School had 23.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 8.8% 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, 13.6% of pupils at Millbrook Junior School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.8% 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 Junior School received £6,190 and spent £6,337 for each of its 397 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £85,000 (£214 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 Junior School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Millbrook Junior School is Good, from an inspection in July 2023.

When was Millbrook Junior School last inspected by Ofsted?

Millbrook Junior School was last inspected in July 2023.

How many pupils does Millbrook Junior School have?

Millbrook Junior School has 397 pupils on roll.

What age range does Millbrook Junior School cover?

Millbrook Junior School for pupils aged 7 to 11.

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

In 2025, 54% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Millbrook Junior School?

Millbrook Junior School is at Churchill Way, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN15 5DP.