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Mill Hill Primary School

Primary · Waterlooville · PO7 7DB

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Good

Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection

Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.

Inspected 24 April 2024

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At a glance

178 pupils · 85% of 210 capacity (January 2026 census)

School type
Community school
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
45.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
10.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
17.9% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
6% of pupils (2024/2025)
Website
www.millhillprimary.co.uk/
URN
130325

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 10 families named it first for 11 Reception places, 0.91 first choices per place. Its last Reception place offered on distance for 2021 entry went to 0.6 miles; distance decided places in 1 of the 8 years of Reception rounds we hold, 2019 to 2026. An ungraded Ofsted inspection on 24 April 2024 confirmed its earlier grade, Good. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.8% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

0.91 first-choice applications per place

11 places offered · 10 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

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Admissions cutoff distance: Reception

Every applicant was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance was not needed to decide places.

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2021 entry, the most recent year with a distance-only cutoff) lived within 0.6 miles

measured in a straight line.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

30 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
43%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
7%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
103
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
102
England 105

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, 2024/2025

This school43%
Median of its 12 closest peers56%
Hampshire average63.6%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is behind the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedResult
Walbottle Village Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne · 286 miles awayGood75%
Kinson AcademyBournemouth · 39 miles awayGood65%
Leys Junior SchoolAlfreton · 154 miles awayGood58%
St Josephs Catholic Primary School, LancasterLancaster · 232 miles awayRequires improvement33%
St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Newton AycliffeNewton Aycliffe · 260 miles awayGood66%
Thorns Primary SchoolBrierley Hill · 119 miles awayGood55%
Bedlington Whitley Memorial Church of England Primary SchoolBedlington · 295 miles awayRequires improvement31%
Cherry Tree AcademyPontefract · 195 miles awayNeeds attention49%
Berrycoombe SchoolBodmin · 164 miles awayExpected standard55%
Deal Parochial Church of England Primary SchoolDeal · 108 miles awayGood69%
Waterside Primary SchoolSouthampton · 16 miles awayGood57%
Bishop David Sheppard Church of England Primary SchoolSouthport · 208 miles awayGood42%

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 78% (Hampshire 79%, England 60%) · Asian Indian 6% (Hampshire 2%, England 4%) · Any other White background 4% (Hampshire 5%, England 7%) · Black African 3% (Hampshire 2%, England 5%) · Any other Mixed background 2% (Hampshire 2%, England 3%) · Asian Bangladeshi 2% (Hampshire 0%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Hampshire 1%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Hampshire 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Asian 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 2%) · Any other ethnic group 1% (Hampshire 1%, England 3%) · Any other Asian background 1% (Hampshire 2%, England 2%)

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)
5.8%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
17.1%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

7.61 suspensions per 100 pupils and 0 permanent exclusions · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Hampshire: 2.99 suspensions and 0.01 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
18.5
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

80% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 9% moved to another state school · 10% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

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

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

20% of teachers took sickness absence, 2.5 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £52,913; 20% on the leadership pay range · England, primary schools: £50,856, 17.3%

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

Spending per pupil (2025-26)

This school£8,912
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2025-26)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 74% (76%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 9% (8%) · supplies and services 11% (9%) · educational supplies 7% (4%) · bought-in professional services 4% (3%) · catering 4% (5%)

Reserves (2025-26)

Revenue reserve £99,873; in-year balance +£39,745

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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)
3/10more deprived than most of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher16.3%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications24.6%18.1%
In managerial or professional work20%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways29.8%18.1%
Residents in very good health43.2%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier47.3%62.3%
Social housing47.1%17.1%
Privately rented5.5%20.5%
Detached houses1.3%22.9%
Flats20.9%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms13%21.1%
Households with no car or van22.7%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01022959 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£308,500432 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£260,000–£373,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (88)£450,000
Semi-detached (126)£326,500
Terraced (148)£285,000
Flat (70)£142,500

Homes around this school are dearer than most school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Inside the Reception cutoff distance (0.97 km, 2021 entry): 407 sales, median £310,000. The homes that would have got a child in that year, at the straight-line distance the school last filled to.

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
4an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
4an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
20an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
2an urban school averages 6.1

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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