Millbrook Primary School
Worsley Road, Freshbrook, Swindon, SN5 8NU
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- GROVE LEARNING TRUST
- Head Teacher
- Ms Karen Shawyer
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- SEN provision
- SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty
- Constituency
- Swindon South
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 315
- Pupils on roll
- 373
- URN
- 140284
- Local authority
- Swindon
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01793872800
About this school
Millbrook Primary School is a primary academy in Swindon. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 373 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Millbrook Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out 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 | 49 | 45 | 44 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 57% | 51% | 61% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| Expected standard in reading | 71% | 64% | 68% |
| Expected standard in maths | 76% | 76% | 70% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 69% | 69% | 75% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 104.0 | 103.0 | 104.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 105.0 | 103.0 | 103.0 |
| Reading progress | -0.20 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -1.40 | - | - |
| Maths progress | 0.00 | - | - |
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 Millbrook 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 | Swindon average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 57% | 55% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 51% | 57.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 61% | 57.2% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.1% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 4.6% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 4.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 325 |
| 2023/24 | 319 |
| 2024/25 | 367 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Millbrook Primary School compares
Millbrook Primary School ranked 31st of 54 primary schools in Swindon for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 43% 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 | 61% | 4.8% | 19.3% | 373 | — |
| Oliver Tomkins Church of England Junior School | 50% | 4.8% | 23% | 190 | 0.5 miles |
| Oliver Tomkins Church of England Infant and Nursery School | — | 6.7% | 8.1% | 136 | 0.5 miles |
| Lift Hazelwood | 80% | 3.5% | 32.4% | 252 | 0.7 miles |
| Tregoze Primary School | 83% | 3.5% | 14.2% | 206 | 0.8 miles |
| Westlea Primary School | 50% | 8.7% | 31.6% | 289 | 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 19.27%
- English as an additional language
- 40.9%
- Overall absence
- 4.84%
- Persistent absence
- 9.66%
Location
Nearby schools
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Oliver Tomkins Church of England Junior School0.5 miles
Primary · Swindon
-
Oliver Tomkins Church of England Infant and Nursery School0.5 miles
Primary · Swindon
-
Lift Hazelwood0.7 miles
Primary · Swindon
-
Tregoze Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Swindon
-
Westlea Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Swindon
Other schools in Swindon
Millbrook Primary School ranks 37th of the 64 ranked primary schools in Swindon.
- Abbey Farm Educate Together Primary Primary
- Abbey Meads Community Primary School Primary
- Ashton Keynes Church of England Primary School Primary
- Badbury Park Primary School Primary
- Beechcroft Infant School Primary
- Bishopstone Church of England Primary School Primary
- Bridlewood Primary School Primary
- Broad Hinton Church of England Primary School Primary
- Broad Town Church of England Primary School Primary
- Brook Field Primary School Primary
- Catherine Wayte Primary School Primary
- Chiseldon Primary & Nursery School Primary
Common questions
- What ages does Millbrook Primary School teach?
- Millbrook Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Swindon.
- Who is the head teacher of Millbrook Primary School?
- The head teacher of Millbrook Primary School is Ms Karen Shawyer, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Millbrook Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Millbrook 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 many pupils are at Millbrook Primary School?
- Millbrook Primary School has 373 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Millbrook Primary School full?
- Millbrook Primary School has capacity for 315 pupils and 373 on roll (118%), 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 Millbrook Primary School a faith school?
- No. Millbrook Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Is Millbrook Primary School a selective school?
- No. Millbrook Primary School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- Does Millbrook Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Millbrook Primary School as having nursery classes.
- Is Millbrook Primary School part of an academy trust?
- Millbrook Primary School is part of GROVE LEARNING TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- What SEN provision does Millbrook Primary School have?
- The schools register lists Millbrook Primary School's special educational needs provision as: SLD - Severe Learning Difficulty. Contact the school to discuss how it would support a particular child.
- How have Millbrook Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 57% in 2022/23 and 61% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Millbrook Primary School compare with other schools in Swindon?
- Millbrook Primary School ranked 31st of 54 primary schools in Swindon for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 43% 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 Millbrook Primary School's absence rate?
- Millbrook Primary School's overall absence rate is 4.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Millbrook Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Millbrook 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 8 July 2026.