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Millfield Primary School

Primary · Academy converter · Mixed · Staffordshire

Coleshill Street, Tamworth, B78 3RQ

Website 01827213825

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headline score

Ranking (England)

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No ranked results

Ofsted

School remains Good

No graded inspection

Application demand

100%

1st preference success · Not oversubscribed

Attendance

95.3%

10.0% persistently absent

Above averageAround averageBelow averagecompared with the England average for state-funded schools.

At a glance

Pupils on roll

365

Capacity used

Has space

87%

420 places

GCSE rank (England)

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KS2 rank (England)

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Application demand

Primary entry · official council applications and offers

Not oversubscribed

100%

1st preference success rate

57 of 57 families who put it first got an offer

58

Places offered

106

Total applications

1.8

Applications per place

Preference (Sept 2025 entry)ApplicationsOffersSuccess
1st preference5757● 100%
2nd preference371● 3%
3rd preference110● 0%
Later preferences10● 0%
Total1065855%

Staffordshire lets families list 3 preferences. 1 applications came from outside the council area (0 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.

Details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Primary
Age range
4–11
Gender
Mixed
Sixth form
No
Nursery
No Nursery Classes
Boarding
No boarders
Headteacher
Richard Wiggett
Address
Coleshill Street, Fazeley, Tamworth, B78 3RQ
Phone
01827213825
Local authority
Staffordshire
Ward / constituency
Fazeley · Tamworth
Area
Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
URN
150885

Pupils

MeasureSchoolLAEngland
Free school meals17%——
English as additional language———
SEN support———
48% boys (174)52% girls (191)

Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 3 of 5)

1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.

Academy trust: COMMUNITY ACADEMIES TRUST

365 pupils · 420 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.

Ofsted inspections

  1. 22

    22 September 2022

    Ungraded inspection

    School remains Good
Read the full Ofsted report

Attendance

2024/2025 school year · 321 pupils

Attendance

95.3%

Share of sessions attended · England 94.5%

Overall absence

4.7%

Sessions missed, any reason · England 5.5%

Persistent absence

10.0%

Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 14.6%

Severe absence

0.0%

Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%

Unauthorised absence

1.2%

Absences the school didn't approve

Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.

Primary results by subject (SATs)

Year 6 pupils meeting each standard, against England

Reading, writing & maths combined

Expected standard68%
+6% vs England
Higher standard4%
-4% vs England

Reading

Expected standard81%
+6% vs England
Higher standard30%
-3% vs England
Average score106
+0 vs England

Writing

Expected standard81%
+9% vs England
Greater depth7%
-6% vs England

Maths

Expected standard77%
+3% vs England
Higher standard21%
-5% vs England
Average score105
+0 vs England

Grammar, punctuation & spelling

Expected standard77%
+4% vs England
Higher standard33%
+3% vs England
Average score106
+1 vs England

Science

Expected standard79%
-3% vs England

England average · Scaled scores run 80–120 (100 = expected standard).

Primary results over time

Expected standard (RWM) by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)

ResultSchoolEngland (approx.)
Expected standard (RWM)68%61%
Higher standard4%8%

House prices near the school

Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.

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Key application dates

National deadlines in England. Apply through Staffordshire council, not the school.

EntryDeadlineOffer day
Reception (primary)15 January16 April (or next working day)

Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.