Mills Hill Primary School
Baytree Avenue, Chadderton, Oldham, OL9 0NH
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Greg Ball
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 656
- Pupils on roll
- 604
- URN
- 105648
- Local authority
- Oldham
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01616241133
About this school
Mills Hill Primary School is a community primary school in Oldham. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 604 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Mills Hill Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 87 | 92 | 88 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 55% | 39% | 65% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 2% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 76% | 70% | 77% |
| Expected standard in maths | 77% | 88% | 84% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 82% | 87% | 81% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 105.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 106.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.30 | - | - |
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 Mills Hill 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 | Oldham average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 55% | 54.5% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 39% | 55.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 65% | 57.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.4% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 658 |
| 2023/24 | 640 |
| 2024/25 | 627 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Mills Hill Primary School compares
Mills Hill Primary School ranked 25th of 71 primary schools in Oldham for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 53% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 65% | 4.8% | 17.3% | 604 | — |
| St Gabriel's Church of England Primary School | 67% | 5.9% | 34.8% | 230 | 0.5 miles |
| Elm Wood Primary School | 43% | 6.4% | 39.4% | 453 | 0.5 miles |
| St Herbert's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy | — | — | — | 322 | 0.7 miles |
| St Matthew's CofE Primary School | — | — | — | 400 | 0.7 miles |
| St Luke's CofE Primary School | 41% | 6.7% | 42.7% | 191 | 0.8 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
-
Graded inspection report14 April 2026
- 10 November 2021
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 17.28%
- English as an additional language
- 17.4%
- Overall absence
- 4.83%
- Persistent absence
- 10.42%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Gabriel's Church of England Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Manchester
-
Elm Wood Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Manchester
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St Herbert's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy0.7 miles
Primary · Oldham
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St Matthew's CofE Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Oldham
-
St Luke's CofE Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Oldham
Other schools in Oldham
Mills Hill Primary School ranks 23rd of the 66 ranked primary schools in Oldham.
- Alexandra Park Junior School Primary
- Alt Academy Primary
- Bare Trees Primary School Primary
- Beal Vale Primary School Primary
- Beever Primary School Primary
- Blackshaw Lane Primary & Nursery School Primary
- Broadfield Primary School Primary
- Buckstones Primary School Primary
- Burnley Brow Community School Primary
- Christ Church CofE Primary School Primary
- Christ Church CofE Primary School Primary
- Coppice Primary Academy Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Mills Hill Primary School teach?
- Mills Hill Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Oldham.
- Who is the headteacher of Mills Hill Primary School?
- The headteacher of Mills Hill Primary School is Mr Greg Ball, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Mills Hill Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Mills Hill 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 many pupils are at Mills Hill Primary School?
- Mills Hill Primary School has 604 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Mills Hill Primary School full?
- Mills Hill Primary School has capacity for 656 pupils and 604 on roll (92%), so it has space against 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 Mills Hill Primary School a faith school?
- No. Mills Hill Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Mills Hill Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Mills Hill Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Mills Hill Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 55% in 2022/23 and 65% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Mills Hill Primary School compare with other schools in Oldham?
- Mills Hill Primary School ranked 25th of 71 primary schools in Oldham for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 53% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Mills Hill Primary School's absence rate?
- Mills Hill Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Mills Hill Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Mills Hill 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.