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Millom Infant School

Primary · Millom · LA18 4LP

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Urgent improvement

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Ofsted placed this school in a statutory category of concern, special measures, at the inspection of 3 February 2026. It stands until a later inspection lifts it.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Needs attentionAchievement: Urgent improvementAttendance & behaviour: Needs attentionPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Needs attentionLeadership & governance: Urgent improvementEarly years: Needs attentionPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 3 February 2026 · report published 23 March 2026

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At a glance

50 pupils · 46% of 108 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–7
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
24% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
0% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
7% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
3.5% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.millom-inf.cumbria.sch.uk
URN
112159

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 9 families named it first for 9 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. At its report-card inspection on 3 February 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Urgent improvement. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

9 places offered · 9 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 92% (Cumberland 88%, England 60%) · Any other Mixed background 4% (Cumberland 1%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 2% (Cumberland 1%, England 2%) · Not recorded 2% (Cumberland 2%, England 1%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
4.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
2.9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

0.00 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Cumberland: 1.65 suspensions and 0.04 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
25
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, council-maintained primaries: 0.18% vacant, 0.36% temporary

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£10,696
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 71% (76%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 17% (8%) · supplies and services 8% (9%) · educational supplies 5% (4%) · bought-in professional services 0% (3%) · catering 9% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve -£104,633; in-year balance +£17,492

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: council-maintained school finance return, 2025-26, DfE · how spending is compared

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
4/10more deprived than most of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
2/10among the most deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher16.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications26.8%18.1%
In managerial or professional work19%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways26.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health41.8%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier57.8%62.3%
Social housing18.1%17.1%
Privately rented23.8%20.5%
Detached houses7.1%22.9%
Flats10.4%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms11.5%21.1%
Households with no car or van35%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01019299 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£110,000219 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£75,000–£158,500the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (27)£265,000
Semi-detached (33)£155,000
Terraced (158)£91,000

Homes around this school are among the cheapest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
2a rural school averages 0.3
Collisions at school-run times
0a rural school averages 0.7
All reported collisions
6a rural school averages 3.4
Of those, serious or fatal
3a rural school averages 0.9

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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