School Chooser

Millbrook CofE Primary School

Primary · ages 4-11MixedAcademyChurch of England90 pupilsTorpointCornwall
School Chooser Score
89
Well above
similar schools
Likely range 64 to 97, so it could be “above”
Out of 100. Better than 96% of the 50 schools most like it. Much the same over the last five years.
Reached the expected level at 1195%England 63%
Attendance93.3%England 94.8%
Pupils from low-income families27%About the same as most schools in England
Places43 spare90 pupils, 133 places
Pupils per teacher19.6School workforce census
Pupils on roll90Census January 2026

Millbrook CofE Primary School is a sponsored academy in Torpoint for boys and girls aged 4 to 11. It has 90 pupils and room for 133. About 27 in every 100 pupils come from a low-income family, about the same as most schools in England. We give it 89 out of 100. That puts it well above schools like it, ahead of 96% of the 50 schools most like it.

Blindwell Hill, Millbrook, Torpoint, PL10 1BG01752 822471millbrook.cornwall.sch.ukMrs Lauren Gouge headteacherAll details

Ofsted

Ofsted hasn't published an inspection for this school yet.

Results

Year 6 results (SATs), summer 2025

19 children took the tests. Here is how they did against every state primary in England. With a year group this small, a couple of children can move the percentages a long way.

Reached the expected level at 1195%
England 63%
Official name: Expected standard in reading, writing and maths
Working above the expected level21%
England 8%
Official name: Higher standard in reading, writing and maths
Reading score109.0
England 105.6
Official name: Reading average scaled score
Maths score107.0
England 104.6
Official name: Maths average scaled score
Trend
Reached the expected level at 11
2017 to 2025
2017: 31%31%20172018: 60%60%20182019: 74%74%20192023: 94%94%20232024: 29%29%20242025: 95%95%2025
Since 2017: +64%Steady overall
All Year 6 measures, year by year
Measure202520242023201920182017CornwallEngland
Pupils tested19717191016
Reached the expected level at 11Expected standard in reading, writing and maths95%29%94%74%60%31%60%63%
Working above the expected levelHigher standard in reading, writing and maths21%0%18%5%10%13%8%8%
Reading scoreReading average scaled score109.0102.0110.0106.0102.0103.0105.4105.6
Maths scoreMaths average scaled score107.0100.0107.0104.0100.097.0103.8104.6
Grammar and spelling scoreGPS average scaled score107.0101.0108.0106.0100.0101.0103.8105.2
Expected level: readingReading expected standard100%71%100%79%60%69%
Expected level: mathsMaths expected standard95%43%94%84%70%31%
Expected level: writingWriting expected standard (teacher assessed)100%71%100%100%80%63%
Reading progressReading progress score+3.4-0.2-3.5+0.2
Maths progressMaths progress score+1.9-1.9-4.3-5.4
Expected level: low-income pupilsExpected standard, disadvantaged100%
Expected level: other pupilsExpected standard, non-disadvantaged92%

There are no progress figures for 2025. That year group missed their Year 2 tests during Covid, so there was no starting point to measure from. Progress figures come back with the December 2026 results. Tests were cancelled altogether in 2020 and 2021.

Does every child do well here?

A good school does well by every child, not just on average. Each row compares two groups of pupils here. The grey marks show the same two groups across England. 1 of the 3 gaps is smaller than the gap across England. When a group has fewer than about ten pupils, its figures jump around a lot from year to year.

At the end of primary school, 2025

Reached the expected level at 11Low-income pupils vs other pupils
100%92%
Gap 8 ptsEngland 21 pts
Reached the expected level at 11Boys vs girls
90%100%
Gap 10 ptsEngland 5 pts
Reached the higher level at 11Low-income pupils vs all pupils
14%21%
Gap 7 ptsEngland 5 pts
First groupSecond groupEngland, each group

Low-income means the child has had free school meals at some point in the last six years. A group's figure isn't published when it has fewer than six pupils.

Getting a place

Admissions policy not published. As a Church of England school it may put families of that faith first. Check the school's own admissions rules.

Plenty of spare places100 pupils for 119 places, 2024/25
84% full

19 places were empty (16% of the total), so almost everyone who applies gets in. Pupil numbers have fallen by 6% since 2021/22, so places are getting easier to find.

Each council publishes its own figures on how many families applied and how far away the last child to get a place lived. We are adding councils one at a time. If you have a link to Cornwall council's admissions booklet, send it to us.

Who goes here

Who a school teaches matters. That is why our score compares it with schools that take in a similar mix of children, not with every school in the country.

Pupils on roll90Census January 2026
Places13368% full
Pupils from low-income families27%27% have had free school meals at some point in the last six years
Pupils learning English1%First language is not English
Pupils getting extra support10%9 pupils with SEN support
Pupils with an EHC plan3%3 pupils with a plan
Average class size22.84 classes, January 2026; England 25.4
Classes with more than 30 pupils50%Infant classes are capped at 30 by law; England 10%
Pupils with extra funding (pupil premium)21%£27,900 extra funding in 2026/27; England 24%
Boys and girls42 / 48
White British pupils82%

Infant classes (Reception to Year 2) average 14.0 pupils (England 25.5); junior classes (Years 3 to 6) average 31.5 (England 27.3).

The most common needs among pupils getting extra support: emotional and mental health (3), Hearing impairment (2), Specific learning difficulty (2), language and communications needs (2), Autistic spectrum disorder (1), Moderate learning difficulty (1).

How the mix of pupils has changed
Census202620252024202320222021
Pupils on roll90104100104106100
Pupils from low-income familiesFree school meals27%24%22%23%18%12%
Pupils learning EnglishEnglish as an additional language1%1%1%2%3%3%
Pupils getting extra supportSEN support10%10%14%9%8%
Pupils with an EHC planEducation, health and care plans3%1%1%1%2%

Attendance and behaviour

In 2024/25 pupils were in school 93.3% of the time. Across similar schools in England it was 94.8%.

Attendance93.3%
England 94.8%
Official name: 100 minus overall absence
Pupils missing a lot of school16.0%
England 12.8%
Official name: Persistent absence
Suspensions per 100 pupils1.92024/25, no permanent exclusions
Missed without permission0.8%of school time, 2024/25
Attendance year by year
Measure2024/252023/242022/232021/222020/212018/19England
Sessions missedOverall absence6.7%7.5%6.6%8.7%6.6%4.4%5.2%
Missed with permissionAuthorised absence5.9%5.6%5.7%7.8%5.9%3.6%
Missed without permissionUnauthorised absence0.8%1.9%0.9%0.9%0.6%0.8%
Pupils missing a lot of schoolPersistent absence16.0%21.6%19.6%29.4%23.4%11.6%12.8%
SuspensionsSuspension rate1.90.00.00.00.0
Permanent exclusionsPermanent exclusions00000

Staff and money

From the government's count of school staff in November 2025 and the school's published accounts.

Teachers4.6full-time equivalent, 7 people
Pupils per teacher19.6Pupils for every full-time teacher
Fully qualified teachers100%hold qualified teacher status
Teaching assistants3.1full-time equivalent
Average teacher pay£43,620
Teachers who left in the year38%2024/25, for any reason including retirement
Vacancies0
Sick days per teacher1.92024/25

Money

From the academy accounts return, year to August 2025. The per-pupil figures are compared with other primary schools in England that report their accounts the same way.

Spend per pupil£5,433England £7,128. Total £565k
Income per pupil£6,865England £7,587. Total £714k
Spent on teachers per pupil£2,163England £3,405
Money in reserve20%A lot put by: £145k, £1,397 per pupil. England 9%
Money in against money out+£149kit took in more than it spent this year
Where the money goes£5,433spent per pupil

Reserves are the money left over at the end of the year, kept back for emergencies and big projects. Being in the red year after year is a warning sign. Very large reserves can mean money sitting in the bank instead of being spent on today's pupils. Academy figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000 and include a share of any money the trust holds centrally.

The area around the school

Crimes within 500 m5812 months to June 2026, mostly violence and sexual offences
Local crime rate35 per 1,000 people61% lower than the England average
Typical house price£289,950Cornwall
Nearest bus stop250 mGarage, 14 stops within 500 m

Crime figures come from police.uk. The police record each crime at the nearest of a fixed set of map points rather than the exact spot, so “within 500 m” is only rough. House prices are from HM Land Registry sales nearby over the last two years.

Nearby schools

The closest primary schools, nearest first. Hover over a row to see it on the map.

Well aboveAboveIn lineBelowWell belowNot scored
SchoolTypeDistancePupilsOfstedScore
Fourlanesend Community Primary SchoolCouncil0.8 miles58No overall grade 202518Compare
Carbeile Junior SchoolCouncil2.0 miles268Report card 202619Compare
Antony Church of England SchoolAcademy2.0 miles94Report card 202662Compare
Mount Wise Community Primary SchoolAcademy2.2 miles248Good 202212Compare
Marlborough Primary AcademyAcademy2.3 miles103Good 202320Compare
St Joseph's Catholic Primary SchoolAcademy2.4 miles201Report card 20266Compare
St George's CofE Primary AcademyAcademy2.7 miles94Report card 202647Compare
Morice Town Primary AcademyAcademy2.8 miles177Good 202347Compare

Compared with schools like it

Our score compares Millbrook CofE Primary School with the 46 schools in England whose pupils are most like its own. We match on family income, how many children are learning English, special needs, the neighbourhood, the size of the school and how it admits pupils. Those 46 schools are dotted all over the country, so we don't list them. What matters is where this school sits among them.

Beats96%of schools with a similar mix of pupils
Near the very top of its group. Its score of 89 is 64 points above the typical school in the group.
0Lowest of the group 1 · middle 25 · highest 94100

No school with a similar mix of pupils within 25 km scores clearly higher.

How the score was worked out

The score is out of 100. A 89 means that once everything below is added up, this school comes out ahead of 89% of primary schools in England. Results bounce around from year to year, especially in small schools, so we also show a likely range: 64 to 97. That range is wide enough that the school could sit in the next band, so take the band as a rough guide rather than a verdict. Every part is judged against schools with a similar mix of pupils. For small schools we pull each part towards the group average, so one unusual year can't swing the score too far.

What we looked atHow much it countsAgainst schools like itEffect on the scoreBased on
Results over three years25%above
+0.15
2025 and 2023 results; 19 pupils
Ofsted inspection0%no data
Progress pupils make20%above
+0.13
DfE progress measure; 19 pupils
Direction of travel over five years10%above
+0.06
results and attendance rising year on year
Attendance and behaviour10%below
-0.08
2024/25; 100 pupils
Results, allowing for the mix of pupils10%well above
+0.37
Attainment relative to schools with a similar intake; 19 pupils
What parents say0%no data

Worked out on 13 September 2026 (method v1). Read how the score works, including every weight and the checks we run. Think a number is wrong? Tell us.

Questions parents ask

Is Millbrook CofE Primary School a good school?

Yes, going by the figures. Millbrook CofE Primary School scores 89 out of 100. That is well above schools that take in a similar mix of pupils, and ahead of 96% of the 50 schools most like it in England. The score could fairly be anywhere from 64 to 97, so a few points either way between schools doesn't mean much.

How good are Millbrook CofE Primary School's SATs results?

In summer 2025, 95% of Year 6 children reached the expected level in reading, writing and maths. Across England it was 63%. 21% went further and reached the higher level. The year group was small, so the percentages jump around a lot from year to year.

How many pupils does Millbrook CofE Primary School have?

90 pupils aged 4 to 11 were on the roll in January 2026. It has 133 places, so it is 68% full.

Is Millbrook CofE Primary School oversubscribed?

Probably not. 19 places were empty in 2024/25 (16% of the total), so most families who apply get a place.

What is attendance like at Millbrook CofE Primary School?

Pupils were in school 93.3% of the time in 2024/25. Similar schools in England managed 94.8%. 16% of pupils missed at least a tenth of the year.

How big are the classes at Millbrook CofE Primary School?

The average class had 22.8 pupils in January 2026. Across England it was 25.4. 50% of classes had more than 30 pupils.

These answers come straight from the figures on this page and update when new data comes out.

Contact and details

Address
Blindwell Hill, Millbrook, Torpoint, PL10 1BG
Telephone
01752 822471
Website
www.millbrook.cornwall.sch.uk
Headteacher
Mrs Lauren Gouge
Type of school
Sponsored academy (Academy sponsor led, academies)
Phase
Primary school, ages 4-11
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
Church of England, Diocese of Truro
Multi-academy trust
St Barnabas Church of England Multi Academy Trust (14 schools)
Local authority
Cornwall
Ward
Rame Peninsula & St Germans
Constituency
South East Cornwall
Setting
Larger rural: Further from a major town or city
Opened
1 December 2013 (new provision)
URN
140334 · LAESTAB 9082024 · UKPRN 10044062
Formerly
Millbrook CofE VA Primary School

Where these figures come from