Millbrook Combined School

Millbrook Combined School is assessed as requiring attention in several areas, although there are indications that it is making progress under new leadership. The school has a strong emphasis on safeguarding, ensuring that pupils feel safe and cared for. However, academic performance has been consistently below national averages, particularly in reading, writing, and mathematics. While recent actions by leaders aim to improve these outcomes, challenges remain in addressing gaps in knowledge and attendance, especially among disadvantaged pupils and those with special educational needs.

Strengths

• Pupils have a good understanding of personal development and wellbeing.
• The school promotes respect and tolerance among pupils.
• Pupils take pride in leadership roles such as school councillors.
• Staff provide effective pastoral support for pupils.
• Recent efforts have improved the communication and involvement of parents.

Areas for Improvement

• Pupils' academic outcomes are below national averages.
• There are significant gaps in pupils' knowledge, particularly in communication and mathematics.
• Attendance rates are below average for disadvantaged pupils and those with SEND.
• Leaders have not established effective checks on pupils' learning across the curriculum.
• Inconsistency in early years language and learning opportunities.

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 Combined School attended 92.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 26.4% 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 Millbrook Combined School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was 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 Combined School had 20.3 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 29.1% 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, 24.4% of pupils at Millbrook Combined School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.1% 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 Combined School received £8,597 and spent £7,821 for each of its 606 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £53,000 (-£87 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 Combined School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Millbrook Combined School is Needs attention, from an inspection in May 2026.

When was Millbrook Combined School last inspected by Ofsted?

Millbrook Combined School was last inspected in May 2026.

How many pupils does Millbrook Combined School have?

Millbrook Combined School has 628 pupils on roll.

What age range does Millbrook Combined School cover?

Millbrook Combined School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 42% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Millbrook Combined School?

Millbrook Combined School is at Mill End Road, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, HP12 4BA.