Millbrook Primary School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents and pupils

This is a good school. This is a happy school and staff morale is very high. The pupils achieve consistently well and enjoy a calm and purposeful learning environment.

From their starting points pupils make good progress and some make outstanding progress during their time here. Nearly all pupils make the progress expected of them by the end of Key Stage 2. The proportion of pupils making better progress than this is growing and compares favourably with other pupils across the country.

The pupils who have special educational needs make good progress as provision is very well matched to their requirements. This provision is a very strong characteristic of the s...chool. Music, sport, reading, drama and nurture provision are all huge strengths of the school, as is the before- and after-school provision.

Teaching is always good and some is outstanding. Teaching assistants are a great support and their training has made an impact on pupils' learning. Behaviour is outstanding.

The school cares very well for all its pupils and makes sure that every individual is fully included and has equality of opportunity regardless of background or ability. Pupils feel very safe in school and they behave exceptionally well, as they are respectful to each other and to all the adults. Leadership and management are outstanding.

The executive headteacher and associate headteacher are the driving force behind the school improvement. They aim to include everybody across the partnership in their drive to raise standards even further. The senior leaders and governors have stepped up the rigour with which they check on the quality of the teaching.

They make good use of information about pupils' progress to hold staff much more closely to account for pupils' achievement. The spiritual, moral, social and cultural aspects of pupils' learning are impressive in a fully inclusive environment. Attendance is well above the national average.

It is not yet an outstanding school because : Pupils' progress in mathematics is not as rapid as that in reading and writing. Some aspects of the way mathematics is taught are not as good as they could be.

Information about this school

Millbrook Primary School is an average-sized primary school.

The proportion of pupils known to be eligible for the pupil premium is well below average. (The pupil premium is additional funding for those pupils who are known to be eligible for free school meals, children from service families and those children who are looked after by the local authority.) The proportion of pupils supported through school action is below the national average.

The proportion of pupils supported through school action plus or with a statement of special educational needs is in line with the national average. The school meets the government's floor standards that set minimum expectations for pupils' attainment and progress. The school is in a partnership with Shevington Vale Primary School.

There is also a pre-school nursery on site. The governance is run as a hard federation across the partnership. There is an executive headteacher who oversees the partnership.

The associate headteacher leads and manages Millbrook Primary School on a day-to-day basis. The school has nurture provision for pupils from across the school. The school provides and manages a before- and after-school club for which there is a small charge.