Mill Lane Community Primary School
Mill Lane, Chinnor, OX39 4RF
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Ms Tineke van der Ploeg
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame
- Setting
- Larger rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 231
- URN
- 123036
- Local authority
- Oxfordshire
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01844352106
About this school
Mill Lane Community Primary School is a community primary school in Chinnor. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 231 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 | 29 | 30 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 66% | 50% | 83% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 3% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 72% | 80% | 87% |
| Expected standard in maths | 76% | 70% | 93% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 72% | 80% | 90% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 106.0 | 108.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 103.0 | 107.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +0.20 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -2.30 | - | - |
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 Mill Lane Community 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 | Oxfordshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 66% | 58.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 50% | 59.6% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 83% | 60.8% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.8% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.3% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.3% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 231 |
| 2023/24 | 236 |
| 2024/25 | 228 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Mill Lane Community Primary School compares
Mill Lane Community Primary School ranked 22nd of 228 primary schools in Oxfordshire for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 91% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 79% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 83% | 4.3% | 10.2% | 231 | — |
| St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Chinnor | 58% | 5.3% | 7.7% | 411 | 0.3 miles |
| Aston Rowant Church of England Primary School | 40% | 4.6% | 16.5% | 99 | 1.6 miles |
| Lewknor Church of England Primary School | 60% | 4.6% | 9.2% | 74 | 2.9 miles |
| Stokenchurch Primary School | 55% | 5.6% | 15.5% | 375 | 3.2 miles |
| Longwick Church of England Combined School | 61% | 6.5% | 17.9% | 157 | 3.4 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)
- 10.24%
- English as an additional language
- 3.1%
- Overall absence
- 4.27%
- Persistent absence
- 7.3%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Andrew's Church of England Primary School, Chinnor0.3 miles
Primary · Chinnor
-
Aston Rowant Church of England Primary School1.6 miles
Primary · Watlington
-
Lewknor Church of England Primary School2.9 miles
Primary · Watlington
-
Stokenchurch Primary School3.2 miles
Primary · High Wycombe
-
Longwick Church of England Combined School3.4 miles
Primary · Princes Risborough
Other schools in Chinnor
Common questions
- What year groups does Mill Lane Community Primary School teach?
- Mill Lane Community Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Chinnor.
- Who is the headteacher of Mill Lane Community Primary School?
- The headteacher of Mill Lane Community Primary School is Ms Tineke van der Ploeg, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Mill Lane Community Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Mill Lane Community 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 Mill Lane Community Primary School?
- Mill Lane Community Primary School has 231 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Mill Lane Community Primary School full?
- Mill Lane Community Primary School has capacity for 210 pupils and 231 on roll (110%), so it is at or above 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 Mill Lane Community Primary School a faith school?
- No. Mill Lane Community Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Mill Lane Community Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Mill Lane Community Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Mill Lane Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 66% in 2022/23 and 83% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Mill Lane Community Primary School rank locally?
- Mill Lane Community Primary School ranked 22nd of 228 primary schools in Oxfordshire for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 91% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 79% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Mill Lane Community Primary School's absence rate?
- Mill Lane Community Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.3% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Mill Lane Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Mill Lane Community 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.