Millom Infant School
Lapstone Road, Millom, LA18 4LP
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 7
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Tracy Preston
- Constituency
- Barrow and Furness
- Setting
- Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 108
- Pupils on roll
- 50
- URN
- 112159
- Local authority
- Cumberland
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01229772679
About this school
Millom Infant School is a community primary school in Millom. It teaches children aged 4 to 7 and has 50 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Millom Infant School, and its latest judgement is set out 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 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
- Needs attention
- Curriculum and teaching
- Needs attention
- Achievement
- Urgent improvement
- Attendance and behaviour
- Needs attention
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Urgent improvement
- Early years
- Urgent improvement
- Safeguarding
- Met
Ofsted placed the school in a category of concern: special measures.
Trends over time
How Millom Infant 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 | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 11% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.5% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 79 |
| 2023/24 | 63 |
| 2024/25 | 57 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Millom Infant School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 32% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 6.5% | 38.6% | 50 | — |
| St James' Catholic Primary School | 64% | 5.3% | 20.9% | 186 | 0.2 miles |
| Black Combe Junior School | 50% | 6.9% | 32.9% | 89 | 0.5 miles |
| Haverigg Primary School | 50% | 3.7% | 7.4% | 177 | 1.2 miles |
| Askam Village School | 26% | 4.5% | 10.5% | 187 | 2.9 miles |
| Ireleth St Peter's CofE Primary School | 50% | 4.2% | 9.2% | 76 | 3.3 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)
- 38.6%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- Overall absence
- 6.46%
- Persistent absence
- 9.3%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St James' Catholic Primary School0.2 miles
Primary · millom
-
Black Combe Junior School0.5 miles
Primary · Millom
-
Haverigg Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Millom
-
Askam Village School2.9 miles
Primary · Askam-in-furness
-
Ireleth St Peter's CofE Primary School3.3 miles
Primary · Askam-in-Furness
Other schools in Millom
- Black Combe Junior School Primary
- Captain Shaw's CofE School Primary
- Haverigg Primary School Primary
- Millom Infant School Primary
- St James' Catholic Primary School Primary
- Thwaites School Primary
- Waberthwaite CofE School Primary
- Parkview Nursery School Nursery
- Millom School Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Millom Infant School teach?
- Millom Infant School teaches children aged 4 to 7. It is a primary school in Millom.
- Who is the headteacher of Millom Infant School?
- The headteacher of Millom Infant School is Mrs Tracy Preston, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Millom Infant School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Millom Infant 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 Millom Infant School?
- Millom Infant School has 50 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 7.
- Is Millom Infant School full?
- Millom Infant School has capacity for 108 pupils and 50 on roll (46%), 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 Millom Infant School a faith school?
- No. Millom Infant School has no designated religious character.
- Does Millom Infant School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Millom Infant School as having no nursery classes.
- What is Millom Infant School's absence rate?
- Millom Infant School's overall absence rate is 6.5% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- Does Millom Infant School publish exam results?
- OfferDay shows exam results for a school only where the Department for Education has published them, and none are shown for Millom Infant School. That is usual for infant, nursery, special and independent schools, and for schools without recent published results.
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.