Millbrook Community Primary School
Kirkby Row, Westvale, Liverpool, L32 0TG
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Joanne Maher
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Knowsley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 280
- Pupils on roll
- 325
- URN
- 104432
- Local authority
- Knowsley
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01514778160
About this school
Millbrook Community Primary School is a community primary school in Liverpool. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 325 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 40 | 40 | 41 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 53% | 53% | 56% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 65% | 70% | 63% |
| Expected standard in maths | 70% | 80% | 68% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 70% | 80% | 80% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 103.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 104.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.10 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.30 | - | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Millbrook Community Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Knowsley average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 53% | 57.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 53% | 57.9% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 56% | 57.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 5.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 316 |
| 2023/24 | 322 |
| 2024/25 | 322 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Millbrook Community Primary School compares
Millbrook Community Primary School ranked 31st of 48 primary schools in Knowsley for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 31% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 56% | 5.9% | 40.5% | 325 | — |
| St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School | 51% | 7.2% | 31.4% | 419 | 0.2 miles |
| Kirkby CofE Primary School | 62% | 5.4% | 29.1% | 307 | 0.3 miles |
| Westvale Primary School | 58% | 9.9% | 66.1% | 212 | 0.5 miles |
| Northwood Community Primary School (With Designated Special Provision) | 51% | 8.4% | 64.5% | 471 | 0.6 miles |
| Melling Primary School | 59% | 5.2% | 15% | 212 | 0.6 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 40.48%
- English as an additional language
- 11.2%
- Overall absence
- 5.94%
- Persistent absence
- 18.5%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Michael and All Angels Catholic Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · Liverpool
-
Kirkby CofE Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Liverpool
-
Westvale Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Liverpool
- 0.6 miles
-
Melling Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Liverpool
Other schools in Liverpool
Millbrook Community Primary School ranks 116th of the 176 ranked primary schools in Liverpool.
- Aintree Davenhill Primary School Primary
- All Saints' Catholic Voluntary Aided Primary School Primary
- Anfield Road Primary School Primary
- Arnot St Mary CofE Primary School Primary
- Banks Road Primary School Primary
- Barlows Primary School Primary
- Bedford Primary School Primary
- Belle Vale Community Primary School Primary
- Bishop Martin Church of England Primary School, Woolton Primary
- Blacklow Brow School Primary
- Blackmoor Park Infants' School Primary
- Blackmoor Park Junior School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Millbrook Community Primary School teach?
- Millbrook Community Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Liverpool.
- Who is the headteacher of Millbrook Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Millbrook Community Primary School is Mrs Joanne Maher, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Millbrook Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Millbrook Community Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Millbrook Community Primary School?
- Millbrook Community Primary School has 325 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Millbrook Community Primary School full?
- Millbrook Community Primary School has capacity for 280 pupils and 325 on roll (116%), so it is at or above its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Millbrook Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Millbrook Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Millbrook Community Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Millbrook Community Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Millbrook Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 53% in 2022/23 and 56% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Millbrook Community Primary School rank locally?
- Millbrook Community Primary School ranked 31st of 48 primary schools in Knowsley for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 31% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 40% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Millbrook Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Millbrook Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 5.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Millbrook Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Millbrook Community Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 29 June 2026.