Millfields Primary School and Nursery
Marsh Lane, Nantwich, CW5 5HP
This school is closed (it closed in December 2023).
It was replaced by Millfields Primary Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Robert Parish
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Crewe and Nantwich
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 245
- URN
- 111079
- Local authority
- Cheshire East
About this school
Millfields Primary School and Nursery was a community primary school in Nantwich. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 245 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Millfields Primary School and Nursery has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 30 | 29 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 53% | 45% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 7% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 63% | 62% |
| Expected standard in maths | 73% | 55% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 70% | 62% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 103.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.60 | - |
| Writing progress | -1.00 | - |
| Maths progress | -1.60 | - |
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 Millfields Primary School and Nursery has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Cheshire East average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 53% | 61.4% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 45% | 60.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 61.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
How Millfields Primary School and Nursery compares
Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 5.4% | 24.8% | 245 | — |
| Millfields Primary Academy | 71% | 5% | 27.4% | 229 | 0.0 miles |
| Nantwich Primary Academy | 61% | 3.5% | 37.7% | 187 | 0.6 miles |
| St Anne's Catholic Primary School | 61% | 4.9% | 13.5% | 198 | 0.7 miles |
| Weaver Primary School | 68% | 3.2% | 5.3% | 209 | 1.0 miles |
| Acton Church of England Primary Academy | 84% | 4.4% | 8% | 195 | 1.0 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.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 24.8%
- English as an additional language
- 6.1%
- Overall absence
- 5.4%
- Persistent absence
- 13%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Millfields Primary Academy0.0 miles
Primary · Nantwich
-
Nantwich Primary Academy0.6 miles
Primary · Nantwich
-
St Anne's Catholic Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Nantwich
-
Weaver Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Nantwich
-
Acton Church of England Primary Academy1.0 miles
Primary · Nantwich
Other schools in Nantwich
- Acton Church of England Primary Academy Primary
- Bridgemere CofE Primary School Primary
- Highfields Academy Primary
- Kingsbourne Academy Primary
- Millfields Primary Academy Primary
- Nantwich Primary Academy Primary
- Pear Tree Primary School Primary
- Sound and District Primary School Primary
- St Anne's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Oswald's Worleston CofE Primary School Primary
- Stapeley Broad Lane CofE Primary School Primary
- Weaver Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Millfields Primary School and Nursery teach?
- Millfields Primary School and Nursery taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Nantwich.
- Has Millfields Primary School and Nursery been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Millfields Primary School and Nursery under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Millfields Primary School and Nursery?
- Millfields Primary School and Nursery had 245 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Millfields Primary School and Nursery'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 45% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Millfields Primary School and Nursery's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Millfields Primary School and Nursery'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 31 December 2023.