Millhouse Primary School
Tavistock Road, Laindon, Basildon, SS15 5QF
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Miss Kelly Koller
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Federation
- Vision Primary Federation
- Constituency
- Basildon and Billericay
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 656
- Pupils on roll
- 611
- URN
- 114912
- Local authority
- Essex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01268543584
About this school
Millhouse Primary School is a community primary school in Basildon. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 611 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit 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 | 87 | 90 | 84 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 48% | 51% | 57% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 5% | 6% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 60% | 72% | 69% |
| Expected standard in maths | 71% | 69% | 71% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 66% | 63% | 70% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 103.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 103.0 | 104.0 |
| Reading progress | 0.00 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.80 | - | - |
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 Millhouse 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 | Essex average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 48% | 58.9% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 51% | 59.5% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 57% | 60.7% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 8.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 8% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 7.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 640 |
| 2023/24 | 631 |
| 2024/25 | 617 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Millhouse Primary School compares
Millhouse Primary School ranked 265th of 388 primary schools in Essex for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 34% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 22% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 57% | 7.4% | 36.1% | 611 | — |
| The Phoenix Primary School | 54% | 4.7% | 29.4% | 717 | 0.5 miles |
| Laindon Park Primary School & Nursery | 52% | 6.3% | 39.5% | 217 | 0.5 miles |
| Janet Duke Primary School | 38% | 9.1% | 54.5% | 611 | 0.7 miles |
| Merrylands Primary School | 53% | 6.4% | 24.4% | 542 | 0.8 miles |
| Noak Bridge Primary School | 80% | 5.4% | 20.9% | 207 | 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 36.13%
- English as an additional language
- 11.7%
- Overall absence
- 7.36%
- Persistent absence
- 20.75%
Location
Nearby schools
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The Phoenix Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Basildon
-
Laindon Park Primary School & Nursery0.5 miles
Primary · Basildon
-
Janet Duke Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Basildon
-
Merrylands Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Basildon
-
Noak Bridge Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Basildon
Other schools in Basildon
Millhouse Primary School ranks 15th of the 27 ranked primary schools in Basildon.
- Bardfield Academy Primary
- Briscoe Primary School & Nursery Primary
- Chapel Hill Primary School & Nursery Primary
- Cherry Tree Primary School Primary
- Eversley Primary School Primary
- Fairhouse Community Primary School Primary
- Felmore Primary School Primary
- Ghyllgrove Primary School Primary
- Great Berry Primary School Primary
- Greensted Primary School & Nursery Primary
- Janet Duke Primary School Primary
- Kingswood Primary School and Nursery Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Millhouse Primary School teach?
- Millhouse Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Basildon.
- Who is the headteacher of Millhouse Primary School?
- The headteacher of Millhouse Primary School is Miss Kelly Koller, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Millhouse Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Millhouse 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 Millhouse Primary School?
- Millhouse Primary School has 611 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Millhouse Primary School full?
- Millhouse Primary School has capacity for 656 pupils and 611 on roll (93%), 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 Millhouse Primary School a faith school?
- No. Millhouse Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Millhouse Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Millhouse Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Who runs Millhouse Primary School?
- Millhouse Primary School is part of the Vision Primary Federation federation. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Millhouse Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 48% in 2022/23 and 57% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Millhouse Primary School rank locally?
- Millhouse Primary School ranked 265th of 388 primary schools in Essex for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 34% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 22% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Millhouse Primary School's absence rate?
- Millhouse Primary School's overall absence rate is 7.4% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Millhouse Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Millhouse 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 30 June 2026.