Milby Primary School

About Milby Primary School

Milby Primary School enjoys strong parent approval, with 85% of respondents to the most recent Parent View survey saying they would recommend the school. That figure comes from 54 responses collected between September 2024 and September 2025, and it sits alongside some notably high individual scores: 94% of parents agreed or strongly agreed that their child is happy at the school, and 87% felt their child does well there. The school is also heavily oversubscribed. For the 2025/26 intake, Milby received 260 applications for 59 places, an oversubscription ratio of 4.41 to one. Of the 84 families who put Milby as their first preference, 54 were offered a place. That level of demand suggests a school that local families are keen to get into, and the data backs up the sense that parents are broadly satisfied with what their children are getting.

Academically, Milby performs a little above the local average. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 tests, 65% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, compared with a Warwickshire local authority average of 62%. The school’s average scaled scores were 106 in reading and 105 in maths, both slightly above the national benchmark of 100. A smaller proportion of pupils reached the higher standard in reading and maths combined, at 3%, though 32% achieved higher in reading alone and 17% in maths. The school ranks 11th out of 25 primary schools in the Nuneaton and Bedworth borough on the KS2 combined expected measure, placing it in the top half locally. Nationally, it sits around the 44th percentile. Ofsted rated the school Good overall in its most recent graded inspection, with leadership and management, early years provision, and the quality of education all judged Good.

The school is well equipped, with facilities including an ICT suite, music rooms, art studios, a dining hall, a forest school area and a chapel. Sports provision covers cross country, netball, swimming, tennis, cricket and rounders, and there are clubs for gardening, chess, science and coding. For children with additional needs, Milby lists SEND support for specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, multi-sensory impairment and autistic spectrum disorder. The school is a state primary for mixed-gender pupils aged 4 to 11, with no nursery or sixth form. With 419 pupils on roll against a capacity of 420, it is essentially full. Given the high oversubscription ratio, families considering Milby should be prepared for a competitive admissions process, particularly if they live outside the immediate catchment area.

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