Millbrook Primary School, Swindon
Millbrook Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged 3 to 11 in Swindon, part of Grove Learning Trust. It was rated Good at its last graded Ofsted inspection, in June 2015. Ofsted's ungraded inspection in November 2024 did not change this grade. Its 2025 Key Stage 2 results were the 43rd-highest of the 65 schools in Swindon with published results, and 10,716th of 14,452 across England. It was full in 2025, at 102% of capacity.
- SATs results
- Below England average
- Ofsted
- Good (2015)
- Demand
- Every first choice offered
- Attendance
- In line with England
Reception applications for September 2027 close in 80 days
Deadline Friday 15 January 2027. Apply to Swindon (the council where you live). Offers on 16 April.
Data last updated 27 Oct 2026
Millbrook Primary School in detail
Millbrook Primary School in its own words
From the headteacher's welcome: "At Millbrook Primary School we value learning and see it as a life long process. We seek to create an open and creative school where all are valued, supported and challenged. Everyone receives regular praise and encouragement to be the best they can possibly be."
The school runs after-school care until 4:30pm.
Coming up: an admissions event on Friday 6 November 2026, an open day on Friday 6 November 2026, an admissions event on Monday 16 November 2026 and an open day on Monday 16 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.
All school open days in Swindon
Headteacher's welcome (school website)Wraparound care (school website)
Source: The school's own website
Results
In 2025, 68% of Year 6 pupils at Millbrook Primary School reached the expected standard in reading and 70% in maths. At the average state primary the figures were 74% and 73% in Swindon and 77% and 75% across England.
Results were similar in 2024 (64% in reading, 76% in maths).
Getting a place at Millbrook Primary School
For September 2026 entry, 41 families put Millbrook Primary School as their first choice and 67 named it as one of their preferences, for 42 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.
Admissions history and your chances at Millbrook Primary School
Compared with nearby schools
The nearest other state primary schools to Millbrook Primary School are Oliver Tomkins Church of England Junior School (0.5 miles, Good, 65% reading, 65% maths); Oliver Tomkins Church of England Infant and Nursery School (0.5 miles, Good); Lift Hazelwood (0.7 miles, Good, 80% reading, 97% maths); and Tregoze Primary School (0.8 miles, Good, 93% reading, 86% maths).
Millbrook Primary School's 2025 results were higher than 1 of these 3 schools.
Oliver Tomkins Church of England Junior SchoolOliver Tomkins Church of England Infant and Nursery SchoolLift HazelwoodTregoze Primary School
The trust
Millbrook Primary School is one of 9 schools run by Grove Learning Trust, an academy trust.
What parents say
58 parents answered Ofsted's Parent View survey about Millbrook Primary School (as of September 2025): 98% would recommend the school, 100% say their child is happy there and 100% of those with a view say bullying is dealt with well.
The strongest agreement was that the school deals with bullying well (among parents with a view) (100%); the weakest, that the school has high expectations for their child (90%).
Who goes there
14.7% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well below the average state school (25%), and 39.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.
The largest ethnic groups are White British (54%), Asian (10%) and Mixed (6%).
In 2026, 43 pupils (11.5%) received SEN support and 37 (9.9%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is speech, language and communication needs.
Millbrook Primary School has a SEN unit for severe learning difficulties: 18 places, 25 pupils on roll.
Getting there
The nearest railway station is Swindon Rail Station, about 2.6 miles away in a straight line.
14 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Freshbrook Centre (se-bound), 90 metres away.
The area around the school
In August 2026, police recorded 88 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, anti-social behaviour and public order offences. That is well below the typical figure around schools in Swindon (132).
Suspensions and exclusions
In 2024/25, Millbrook Primary School issued 13 suspensions, 3.5 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and no permanent exclusions.
Secondary schools nearby
The secondary schools closest to Millbrook Primary School are Lydiard Park Academy (0.7 miles) and The Deanery CofE Academy (1.3 miles).
Sources: DfE school performance data (averages: state mainstream schools); DfE school-level applications and offers; council admissions booklets; DfE appeals statistics; Ofsted Parent View; DfE school census and special educational needs statistics; NaPTAN (Department for Transport); English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG); data.police.uk street-level crime; DfE exclusions statistics
Location
Every family who put it first was offered a place for 2026 entry, so distance did not limit places that year.
Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 2 years agoThis judgement is from June 2015, 11 years ago, longer than Ofsted's usual 4-year cycle: the school may have changed since.
Overall
Quality of Education
Behaviour & Attitudes
Personal Development
Leadership & Management
Early Years
Ofsted Insights
From Ofsted's November 2024 inspection report.
What This School Does Well
Millbrook Primary School is a welcoming, safe place where children thrive academically and emotionally. Reading is prioritised throughout the school, with children receiving high-quality texts and excellent phonics teaching from the start. The school has designed an ambitious curriculum that builds knowledge over time, and staff provide excellent support for all learners including those with additional needs.
Key Strengths
- Reading is at the heart of the school with pupils reading a wide range of high-quality texts and receiving books to keep at home
- Effective phonics curriculum that helps children build confidence and fluency in early reading
- Ambitious curriculum designed from early years onwards that builds pupils' knowledge over time
- Pupils demonstrate positive behaviour and attitudes, with strong relationships between staff and pupils
- Good support for pupils with special educational needs through accurate identification and assessment
Areas for Improvement
- In some subjects, some activities planned by teachers do not secure or deepen pupils' learning well enough, preventing them from building their knowledge as much as they could
Safeguarding
The arrangements for safeguarding are effective and the school has created an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts pupils' interests first.
Extracurricular Activities
Visits to local care home, school council events, dance competition, harvest service
Millbrook Primary School is a welcoming place where staff look after pupils well and help them feel happy and safe. The school is ambitious for all pupils to fulfil their potential and most pupils achieve well.
At a Glance
14.7%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
Yes
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
SEN unit: SLD
SEN Provision
No
Special Measures
What Parents Think
58 responsesSource: Ofsted Parent View, responses as at September 2025 - % who strongly agree or agree
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2024/25KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 64% to 68% (2024 to 2025). Maths has declined from 76% to 70% (2024 to 2025). Writing has improved from 69% to 77% (2024 to 2025).
Class Sizes
27.9
Avg class size
26.0
Infant (KS1)
29.3
KS2
9
Total classes
2 classes with more than 30 pupils
2025/26 academic year
How Does This School Compare?
Ranked against 5 nearby primary schools
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Social & online
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Before and after school care
Clubs on Ofsted's childcare register at or near Millbrook Primary School.
- Kumon Swindon West Study Centre190m away · Not yet graded
- The Big Adventure Club Ltd ( Oliver Tomkins School)860m away · Not yet graded
- Revolution Performing Arts - Oliver Tomkins860m away · Not yet graded
Term dates
Millbrook Primary School is an academy, so it sets its own term dates: check the school's website. As a guide, see Swindon's term dates for its community schools.
Getting There
Bus Stops
Free school transport
Check free transport to Millbrook Primary School from your postcode →
You apply to the council where you live. Millbrook Primary School is in Swindon; for families living there:
- Swindon's school travel policy: School travel support
- How to apply: Apply for school travel support
Safety and surroundings
Road collisions within 500 m (2021 to 2025)
- Collisions
- 15
- Fatal
- 0
- Serious
- 1
- Children hurt
- 2
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 15 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 14 slight.
2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on a bicycle and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise.
2 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included.
The typical figure for schools in Swindon is 15.5 (the median across 92 schools, same distance and years).
Serious and slight counts use the Department for Transport's severity adjustment, which allows for changes in how police forces record injuries; they are estimates, rounded to whole numbers. Distances are in a straight line. Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19), Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
102%
Over capacity
328 pupils
323 places
5 pupils over capacity in 2025
2025, DfE school capacity data
Area Demand Pressure - Swindon
Based on MHCLG Live Table 122 (2024-25, last 5 years) for Swindon
Across Swindon council
Places available
3,059
Applications
2,416
Got 1st preference
95.6%
Got preferred school
99.4%
All primary applications across Swindon council (2026/27), not just this school.
This school: Every first choice offered
Inspection History(3)
SEND & SEN Provision
SEN Overview
43
SEN Support
37
EHC Plans
21.4%
of Total Pupils
2026 academic year
Provision & Specialist Facilities
Millbrook Primary School has a SEN unit for severe learning difficulties: 18 places, 25 pupils on roll.
Source: GIAS, Department for Education.
Pupils by Need Type
Pupil Demographics
Ethnicity
2026 academic year
Key Indicators
373
Total Pupils
182
Boys
191
Girls
2026 academic year
Workforce
17
Teachers
21.9:1
Pupil-teacher ratio
£52,684
Mean salary
2026 data
School Funding
£5,339
Per pupil
£1958k
Total funding
£91k
Pupil premium
2025-26 financial year allocations
Pupil Absence2024/25
4.8%
Overall absence
9.7%
Persistent absence
290
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
Secondary Schools Nearby
Secondary schools pupils are likely to move to
Millbrook Primary School
Questions parents ask about Millbrook Primary School
What are SATs results like at Millbrook Primary School?
Of the pupils at Millbrook Primary School who took the 2025 Key Stage 2 assessments, 68% reached the expected standard in reading and 70% did so in maths.
What is Millbrook Primary School's Ofsted rating?
Millbrook Primary School's most recent Ofsted inspection, in November 2024, was ungraded, so it gave no overall grade. At its last graded inspection, in June 2015, it was rated Good.
What is the catchment area for Millbrook Primary School?
No fixed boundary. When Millbrook Primary School is oversubscribed, Swindon allocates places by its published criteria, usually ending with home-to-school distance.
Is it hard to get a place at Millbrook Primary School?
Millbrook Primary School was full in 2025, at 102% of its capacity, so places are allocated on the oversubscription criteria.
How big are the classes at Millbrook Primary School?
Classes at Millbrook Primary School average 27.9 pupils (2025/26). 2 classes have more than 30 pupils - infant classes are capped at 30 by law, with limited exceptions.
How many pupils go to Millbrook Primary School?
Millbrook Primary School has around 373 pupils on roll. 15% are eligible for free school meals.
Does Millbrook Primary School have specialist SEN provision?
Millbrook Primary School has a SEN unit for severe learning difficulties: 18 places, 25 pupils on roll.
What is attendance like at Millbrook Primary School?
4.8% of sessions were missed at Millbrook Primary School in 2024/25. 9.7% of pupils were persistently absent (missing 10% or more of sessions).
How do I apply to Millbrook Primary School?
Apply through Swindon's coordinated admissions process, naming Millbrook Primary School on your application. Applications for Reception places starting in September 2027 close on Friday 15 January 2027, and offers are made on Friday 16 April 2027.
Does Millbrook Primary School have a breakfast club or after-school club?
Ofsted's childcare register lists 3 out-of-school clubs within a kilometre of Millbrook Primary School: Kumon Swindon West Study Centre (190m away, registered, not yet graded), The Big Adventure Club Ltd ( Oliver Tomkins School) (860m away, registered, not yet graded) and Revolution Performing Arts - Oliver Tomkins (860m away, registered, not yet graded). The school may also run its own clubs, which don't have to register with Ofsted.
How many road collisions happen near Millbrook Primary School?
Within 500 m of the school's mapped location, police recorded 15 road collisions in which someone was injured in 2021 to 2025: none fatal, 1 serious and 14 slight. 2 children aged 0 to 15 were hurt: 1 on a bicycle and 1 in a vehicle or otherwise. 2 of the collisions happened on a weekday between 08:00 and 09:30 or 14:45 and 16:30, holidays included. The typical figure for schools in Swindon is 15.5 (the median across 92 schools, same distance and years).
Where is Millbrook Primary School?
Millbrook Primary School is at Worsley Road, Freshbrook, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN5 8NU.
Source: Department for Transport, Road Safety Data (STATS19)