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Mill Hill Primary School

Primary · Northallerton · DL6 1AE

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Expected standard

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

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

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Expected standardAttendance & behaviour: Expected standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Expected standardPost-16: Not applicable

Inspected 13 January 2026 · report published 1 March 2026

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At a glance

236 pupils · 112% of 210 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
2–11
Gender
Mixed
Free school meals
47.9% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
17.1% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
27% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
2.7% of pupils (2024/2025)
Nursery
Yes
Website
https://www.millhill-alt.uk/
URN
149551

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 19 families named it first for 19 Reception places, 1.00 first choices per place. We hold one Reception admissions round for it, 2026 entry, and it was not decided by a published distance. At its report-card inspection on 13 January 2026, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Expected standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 4.7% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026

1.00 first-choice applications per place

19 places offered · 19 first-choice applications · roughly balanced

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

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.

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

Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)

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

Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths
71%
England 62%
Reaching the higher standard
18%
England 8%
Average scaled score (reading)
107
England 106
Average scaled score (maths)
107
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 school71%
Median of its 12 closest peers60%
North Yorkshire average60.9%
England62%

On meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, this school is ahead of 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
Langley Park Primary SchoolDurham · 33 miles awayRequires improvement50%
Wyndham Primary SchoolNewcastle-upon-Tyne · 47 miles awayNo current grade60%
Hanbury's Farm Community Primary SchoolTamworth · 119 miles awayGood64%
St Michael with St Thomas CE Primary SchoolWidnes · 87 miles awayGood75%
Townhill Junior SchoolSouthampton · 235 miles awayGood48%
The District CofE Primary SchoolNewton-le-Willows · 78 miles awayGood60%
Sutton Park PrimarySutton Coldfield · 124 miles awayGood72%
Broadlands Primary SchoolHereford · 166 miles awayGood38%
The Bluecoat SchoolStamford · 122 miles awayGood61%
Spring Gardens Primary SchoolNorth Shields · 47 miles awayRequires improvement41%
Cramlington Village Primary SchoolCramlington · 53 miles awayExpected standard61%
St Mary's Church of England (Aided) Primary School, Chipping NortonChipping Norton · 166 miles awayGood37%

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

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

White British 74% (North Yorkshire 87%, England 60%) · Any other ethnic group 6% (North Yorkshire 1%, England 3%) · Any other White background 5% (North Yorkshire 3%, England 7%) · Black African 4% (North Yorkshire 1%, England 5%) · Not recorded 2% (North Yorkshire 1%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 2% (North Yorkshire 0%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 2% (North Yorkshire 1%, England 2%) · Asian Indian 2% (North Yorkshire 1%, England 4%) · Any other Asian background 1% (North Yorkshire 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 1% (North Yorkshire 0%, England 2%) · Any other Mixed background 1% (North Yorkshire 1%, England 3%)

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)
4.7%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
13.9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

2.25 suspensions per 100 pupils and 1 permanent exclusion · England, primary schools: 2.47 suspensions and 0.03 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · North Yorkshire: 2.43 suspensions and 0.03 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
21.6
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, primary academies: 0.3% vacant, 0.32% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

18.2% of teachers took sickness absence, 11 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 £49,318; 15.4% 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 (2024-25)

This school£6,811
Typical primary school£7,202

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for primary schools in brackets: Staff 75% (77%) · premises 5% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 8% (8%) · supplies and services 12% (9%) · educational supplies 3% (4%) · bought-in professional services 1% (2%) · catering 6% (5%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £404,000; in-year balance +£126,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, 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)
10/10among the least deprived tenth of England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
9/10among the least deprived fifth of England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher36.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications15%18.1%
In managerial or professional work39.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways9.7%18.1%
Residents in very good health44.1%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier83.7%62.3%
Social housing3.1%17.1%
Privately rented13.2%20.5%
Detached houses45.1%22.9%
Flats7.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms26.9%21.1%
Households with no car or van14.1%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01027606 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£200,000426 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£155,000–£280,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (108)£340,500
Semi-detached (136)£212,000
Terraced (123)£170,000
Flat (59)£115,000

Homes around this school are cheaper than three quarters 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
2an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
2an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
17an 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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