The Mill Primary Academy
Ifield Drive, Ifield, Crawley, RH11 0EL
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- THE KEMNAL ACADEMIES TRUST
- Headteacher
- Sophie Gosden
- Religious ethos
- None
- Sponsor
- The Kemnal Academies Trust
- Constituency
- Crawley
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 630
- Pupils on roll
- 531
- URN
- 139958
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01293571893
About this school
The Mill Primary Academy is a primary academy in Crawley. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 531 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 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
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Needs attention
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 85 | 52 | 86 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 67% | 83% | 76% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 11% | 12% | 6% |
| Expected standard in reading | 71% | 87% | 86% |
| Expected standard in maths | 81% | 87% | 83% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 64% | 54% | 66% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | 106.0 | 107.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 107.0 | 106.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.30 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +3.00 | - | - |
| Maths progress | +1.20 | - | - |
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 The Mill Primary Academy has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | West Sussex average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 67% | 53.2% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 83% | 54.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 76% | 56.3% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.3% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.9% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 543 |
| 2023/24 | 522 |
| 2024/25 | 545 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How The Mill Primary Academy compares
The Mill Primary Academy ranked 23rd of 192 primary schools in West Sussex for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 80% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 76% | 4.9% | 20.7% | 531 | — |
| St Margaret's Church of England Primary School | — | 5.3% | 19.3% | 423 | 0.5 miles |
| Gossops Green Primary | 59% | 5% | 24% | 582 | 0.5 miles |
| Waterfield Primary School | 63% | 6.6% | 31.7% | 404 | 0.8 miles |
| West Green Primary School | 47% | 5.6% | 27.4% | 209 | 0.8 miles |
| Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Primary School | 85% | 4.8% | 13.6% | 422 | 0.8 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)
- 20.73%
- English as an additional language
- 38.3%
- Overall absence
- 4.86%
- Persistent absence
- 10.1%
Location
Nearby schools
-
St Margaret's Church of England Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Crawley
-
Gossops Green Primary0.5 miles
Primary · Crawley
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Waterfield Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Crawley
-
West Green Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Crawley
-
Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Crawley
Other schools in Crawley
The Mill Primary Academy ranks 6th of the 23 ranked primary schools in Crawley.
- Broadfield Primary Academy Primary
- Brook Infant School and Nursery Primary
- Crawley Down Village CofE School Primary
- Desmond Anderson Primary Academy Primary
- Fairway Infant School, Copthorne Primary
- Forge Wood Primary School Primary
- Gossops Green Primary Primary
- Hilltop Primary School Primary
- Langley Green Primary Primary
- Maidenbower Infant School and Nursery Primary
- Maidenbower Junior School Primary
- Milton Mount Primary School Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does The Mill Primary Academy teach?
- The Mill Primary Academy teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Crawley.
- Who is the headteacher of The Mill Primary Academy?
- The headteacher of The Mill Primary Academy is Sophie Gosden, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was The Mill Primary Academy last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected The Mill Primary Academy, 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 The Mill Primary Academy?
- The Mill Primary Academy has 531 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is The Mill Primary Academy full?
- The Mill Primary Academy has capacity for 630 pupils and 531 on roll (84%), 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 The Mill Primary Academy a faith school?
- No. The Mill Primary Academy has no designated religious character.
- Does The Mill Primary Academy have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records The Mill Primary Academy as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs The Mill Primary Academy?
- The Mill Primary Academy is part of THE KEMNAL ACADEMIES TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have The Mill Primary Academy's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 67% in 2022/23 and 76% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does The Mill Primary Academy rank locally?
- The Mill Primary Academy ranked 23rd of 192 primary schools in West Sussex for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 80% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 64% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is The Mill Primary Academy's absence rate?
- The Mill Primary Academy's overall absence rate is 4.9% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are The Mill Primary Academy's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, The Mill Primary Academy'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 1 July 2026.