Mill Mead Primary School
Mill Mead Primary School Port Vale, Hertford, SG14 3AA
This school is closed (it closed in August 2025).
It was replaced by Mill Mead Primary Academy. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rachael Walsh
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Hertford and Stortford
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 240
- Pupils on roll
- 235
- URN
- 117297
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire
About this school
Mill Mead Primary School was a community primary school in Hertford. It taught children aged 3 to 11 and had 235 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Mill Mead Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 30 | 29 | 32 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 80% | 72% | 84% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 13% | 17% | 25% |
| Expected standard in reading | 93% | 86% | 94% |
| Expected standard in maths | 80% | 76% | 91% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 93% | 83% | 91% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 111.0 | 109.0 | 109.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 107.0 | 106.0 | 107.0 |
| Reading progress | +3.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +2.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +0.90 | - | - |
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 Mill Mead 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 | Hertfordshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 80% | 59.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 72% | 60.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 84% | 61% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 4.2% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.4% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 231 |
| 2023/24 | 232 |
| 2024/25 | 235 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Mill Mead Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 93% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 91% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 84% | 3.7% | 7% | 235 | — |
| Mill Mead Primary Academy | — | — | — | 216 | 0.0 miles |
| St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Hertford) | 46% | 6.1% | 7.9% | 224 | 0.5 miles |
| Abel Smith School | 55% | 4.4% | 15.9% | 226 | 0.5 miles |
| Bengeo Primary School | 61% | 4.4% | 12.4% | 449 | 0.6 miles |
| Hollybush Primary School | 32% | 5.5% | 38.4% | 190 | 0.7 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)
- 7.04%
- English as an additional language
- 6.8%
- Overall absence
- 3.66%
- Persistent absence
- 5.43%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Mill Mead Primary Academy0.0 miles
Primary · Hertford
-
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Hertford)0.5 miles
Primary · Hertford
-
Abel Smith School0.5 miles
Primary · Hertford
-
Bengeo Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Hertford
-
Hollybush Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Hertford
Other schools in Hertford
- Abel Smith School Primary
- Bayford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School Primary
- Bengeo Primary School Primary
- Hertford Heath Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Hertford St Andrew CofE Primary School Primary
- Hertingfordbury Cowper Primary School Primary
- Hollybush Primary School Primary
- Mill Mead Primary Academy Primary
- Morgans Primary School & Nursery Primary
- Ponsbourne St Mary's Church of England Primary School Primary
- St Joseph's Catholic Primary School (Hertford) Primary
- Stapleford Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Mill Mead Primary School teach?
- Mill Mead Primary School taught children aged 3 to 11. It was a primary school in Hertford.
- Has Mill Mead Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Mill Mead Primary School 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 big is Mill Mead Primary School?
- Mill Mead Primary School had 235 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- How have Mill Mead Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 80% in 2022/23 and 84% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Mill Mead Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Mill Mead 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 31 August 2025.