Mill Hill Primary School

Mill Hill Primary School in Waterlooville continues to perform well overall, maintaining its status as a good school. Pupils feel a strong sense of pride and community, attending school regularly and engaging actively in their learning. The school's curriculum is well-structured, beginning in early years and emphasizing the importance of knowledge retention. There is a strong commitment to fostering positive behaviors and encouraging a growth mindset among students, leading to overall good achievement and celebrated individual accomplishments. The school excels at providing a supportive and engaging environment for all pupils, especially those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). While assessment practices are robust in core subjects, there is a need for improvement in foundation subjects to ensure that all pupils' knowledge gaps are effectively addressed in future teaching. This inspection is particularly significant as it follows several years of ungraded evaluations, highlighting the school’s commitment to continuous improvement and its proactive approach towards curricular adaptations and student support.

Strengths

• Pupils are proud to be part of a welcoming and friendly school.
• The curriculum is ambitious and well-structured, starting from early years.
• Teachers use secure subject knowledge to explain new learning clearly.
• Pupils' achievements are widely celebrated in weekly assemblies.
• A strong emphasis is placed on reading from an early age, with effective tracking and support for struggling readers.
• The school promotes positive behaviors and provides effective pastoral support.
• The wider curriculum helps to develop pupils' understanding of diversity and wellbeing.

Areas for Improvement

• Assessment in some foundation subjects does not effectively identify knowledge gaps.
• Future teaching does not always address pupils' knowledge gaps successfully.

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 Mill Hill Primary School attended 94.1% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 12.2% 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, 4.3% of pupils at Mill Hill 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 Mill Hill Primary School had 18.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 19.8% 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, 20.2% of pupils at Mill Hill Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 6.7% 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 Mill Hill Primary School received £9,136 and spent £8,912 for each of its 178 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £100,000 (£561 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 Mill Hill Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Mill Hill Primary School is Good, from an inspection in May 2024.

When was Mill Hill Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Mill Hill Primary School was last inspected in May 2024.

How many pupils does Mill Hill Primary School have?

Mill Hill Primary School has 178 pupils on roll.

What age range does Mill Hill Primary School cover?

Mill Hill Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Mill Hill Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 43% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Mill Hill Primary School?

Mill Hill Primary School is at Mill Road, Waterlooville, Hampshire, PO7 7DB.