Millfield Primary School
Coleshill Street, Fazeley, Tamworth, B78 3RQ
This school is closed (it closed in June 2024).
It was replaced by Millfield Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Simon Kelly
- Constituency
- Tamworth
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban city and town
- Capacity
- 420
- Pupils on roll
- 375
- URN
- 124081
- Local authority
- Staffordshire
About this school
Millfield Primary School was a community primary school in Tamworth. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 375 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Millfield Primary School 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 | 59 | 57 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 59% | 63% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 2% | 4% |
| Expected standard in reading | 71% | 75% |
| Expected standard in maths | 66% | 70% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 71% | 72% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 106.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | +1.00 | - |
| Writing progress | -0.20 | - |
| Maths progress | -0.30 | - |
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 Millfield 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 | Staffordshire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 59% | 59.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 63% | 61.7% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 62% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.1% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | — | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 385 |
| 2023/24 | 375 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Millfield Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2023/24.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 5.1% | 14.7% | 375 | — |
| Millfield Primary School | 68% | 4.7% | 15.6% | 365 | 0.0 miles |
| Two Gates Primary School | 42% | 5.8% | 28.1% | 230 | 0.7 miles |
| Hanbury's Farm Community Primary School | 64% | 7.9% | 46.4% | 178 | 1.0 miles |
| Manor Primary Academy | 73% | 4.4% | 10.3% | 90 | 1.1 miles |
| Longwood Primary School | 67% | 6.8% | 40.6% | 157 | 1.1 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 2023/24 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 14.7%
- English as an additional language
- 5.1%
- Overall absence
- 5.1%
- Persistent absence
- 12.8%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Millfield Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Tamworth
-
Two Gates Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Tamworth
-
Hanbury's Farm Community Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Tamworth
-
Manor Primary Academy1.1 miles
Primary · Tamworth
-
Longwood Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Tamworth
Other schools in Tamworth
- Amington Heath Primary School and Nursery Primary
- Anker Valley Primary Academy Primary
- Ankermoor Primary Academy Primary
- Ashcroft Infants' School Primary
- Birchwood Primary School Primary
- Bird's Bush Primary School Primary
- Coton Green Primary School Primary
- Dordon Primary School Primary
- Dosthill Primary School Primary
- Dunstall Park Primary School Primary
- Flax Hill Junior Academy Primary
- Florendine Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Millfield Primary School teach?
- Millfield Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Tamworth.
- Has Millfield Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Millfield 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 many pupils are at Millfield Primary School?
- Millfield Primary School had 375 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Millfield Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 59% in 2022/23 and 63% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Millfield Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Millfield 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 10 July 2024.