Mill View Primary School

Mill View Primary School has received an outstanding evaluation in its first inspection under the Education Act 2005, demonstrating exceptional performance in all areas. The school fosters a nurturing environment where pupils flourish, exhibiting exemplary behavior and maintaining high attendance rates. With a curriculum designed to be ambitious and applicable to pupils' lives, all students, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, achieve remarkably well, leaving them well-prepared for their future education. The leadership, management, and personal development opportunities provided to pupils further contribute to their well-rounded development.

Strengths

• Pupils achieve exceptionally well across all year groups.
• The school promotes exemplary behavior and high attendance among students.
• Relationships between staff and pupils are very positive.
• The curriculum is ambitious and tailored to pupils' interests and local context.
• Strong emphasis on reading and phonics to develop confident, fluent readers.
• Exceptional personal development opportunities, including outdoor learning.
• Pupils have leadership roles and contribute positively to school life.
• Effective support for pupils with special educational needs.
• Staff are well-equipped and supported through extensive training.

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 View Primary School attended 96.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 3.3% 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, 0.4% of pupils at Mill View 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 View Primary School had 25.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 26.4% 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, 12.8% of pupils at Mill View Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 2.5% 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 2024–25 Mill View Primary School received £6,302 and spent £6,177 for each of its 237 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £204,000 (£863 per pupil).

Across all 11 schools of Expedition Schools, income was £7,320 and spending £6,995 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Chester · Cheshire West and Chester local authority: places and applications

Mill View Primary School is part of Expedition Schools, which runs 13 schools. The nearest others:

• Boughton Heath Academy Chester
• Kelsall Primary and Nursery School Tarporley
• Woodfall Primary and Nursery School Neston
• Brookhurst Primary School Wirral
• Gayton Primary School Wirral
• Rock Ferry Primary School Birkenhead
• Woodchurch Road Academy Birkenhead
• Hebden Green Community School Winsford
• Over Hall Community School Winsford
• Pinehurst Primary School Liverpool

What is Mill View Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Mill View Primary School is Outstanding, from an inspection in June 2024.

When was Mill View Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Mill View Primary School was last inspected in June 2024.

How many pupils does Mill View Primary School have?

Mill View Primary School has 242 pupils on roll.

What age range does Mill View Primary School cover?

Mill View Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

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

In 2025, 90% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Mill View Primary School?

Mill View Primary School is at Wealstone Lane, Upton, Chester, Cheshire, CH2 1HB.