Mill Hill Primary Academy

About Mill Hill Primary Academy

Mill Hill Primary Academy sits within the Stoke-on-Trent local authority, where it ranks 25th out of 63 primary schools on the key stage 2 expected standard measure. That puts it in the top half of schools locally, though it sits behind three top-performing peers in the same LA: Co-op Academy Glebe, Goldenhill Primary Academy, and Newstead Primary Academy, each of which achieved a ranking score of 90. Mill Hill is one of just 12 primary schools in Stoke-on-Trent rated Outstanding by Ofsted, and the nearest other Outstanding school is St Mary's Church of England Primary School, 1.1 kilometres away. The school is led by headteacher Adele Mills and serves a community with a high level of disadvantage: 54.2 per cent of pupils are eligible for free school meals, well above the national average. Despite this, the school is heavily oversubscribed — for 60 places in the 2025/26 intake, it received 89 total applications, with 63 first-preference applications and 58 first-preference offers made.

Academically, Mill Hill’s most recent Ofsted inspection in December 2023 awarded it Outstanding across every category: overall effectiveness, quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. This marks a dramatic turnaround from its previous graded inspection in January 2020, when the school was rated Requires Improvement overall, with a quality of education score of 3. In the 2023/24 key stage 2 assessments, 64 per cent of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the Stoke-on-Trent LA average of 60 per cent. Individual subject results were stronger in writing, where 80 per cent met the expected standard, compared with 74 per cent in reading and 77 per cent in maths. At the higher standard, 7 per cent of pupils achieved the combined measure, with maths the strongest subject at 21 per cent. Average scaled scores were 103 in reading and 104 in maths, both in line with national averages.

The school operates from a site that includes a gymnasium, outdoor playground, dining hall, playing fields and a chapel, and offers a nursery provision for children from age three. Sports provision covers rounders, cross country, dance, netball, gymnastics, football and cricket, while after-school clubs include chess, art, science and coding. Mill Hill’s SEND provision is broad, supporting pupils with moderate learning difficulties, social, emotional and mental health needs, speech, language and communication needs, hearing and visual impairments, physical disabilities, autistic spectrum disorder, and other difficulties. With 469 pupils on roll against a capacity of 420, the school is significantly over capacity, and its oversubscription ratio of 1.48 reflects strong local demand. This is a school that has demonstrably improved under its current leadership and suits families looking for a high-performing, inclusive primary in Stoke-on-Trent that actively supports pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds.

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