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Mill Hill Primary School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 5–11 · Community school
Torphin Hill Drive, Sunderland SR3 2PJ · millhillprimaryschool.co.uk · 0191 607 5695
Overview
- Ofsted
- Remains Good
- Ungraded inspection · Jan 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 79%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Sunderland 66%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 1.1
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 434
- 14 over 420 places · 103%
- Local authority
- Sunderland
- Free school meals
- 15.4%
- First language not English
- 0.9%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 66 families put the school first and 60 places were offered; 79% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 60 | 66 | 1.1▲ | 79% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 56 | 47 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 59 | 54 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 60 | 69 | 1.2▲ | 81% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 58 | 55 | 0.9 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 79% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 7% the higher standard. Across Sunderland it was 66%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲79% | 62% | ||
| ●7% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●108 | 106 | ||
| ▲108 | 105 | ||
| ▲110 | 105 | ||
Ofsted
At an ungraded inspection on 25 January 2024, Ofsted’s outcome for Mill Hill Primary School was: School remains Good.
- Outcome
- Remains Good
- Inspected
- 24 Jan 2024
- Ungraded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Previously: Remains Good, ungraded inspection, Oct 2018
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Oct 2018Ungraded inspectionRemains Good
Safeguarding Effective Nov 2014Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Requires improvement May 2010Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
91% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (53 replies, to 6 January 2025).
- Recommend
- 91%
- Replies
- 53
- 13% · 6 Jan 2025
based on the 83% who raised concerns
based on the 21% who had a child bullied