Mill Lane Community Primary School

OxfordshireCommunity school

Mill Lane, Chinnor, OX39 4RF

Headteacher: Ms Tineke van der PloegSchool website ↗Pupils: 228 (capacity: 210)
Ofsted inspected
Inspected May 2025
Oversubscribed
67% of first-choice applicants offered a place
83%
Reading, Writing & Maths
inspected
Inspected May 2025
67%
First-choice offer rate
Oversubscribed

Latest data: 2024/25

Ofsted RatingInspected 7 May 2025Full report ↗

Not rated

From September 2024, Ofsted no longer makes an overall effectiveness judgement in inspections of state-funded schools.

Quality of Teaching
Good
Behaviour in School
Good
Pupils' Wider Development
Good
School Leadership
Good

SATs Results (2024/25)

End-of-primary-school tests taken by Year 6 pupils. National averages shown for comparison.

Reading, Writing & Maths combinedReading, Writing & Maths% of pupils achieving the expected standard in all three subjects at age 11The national average is around 60%. Higher means more pupils reached the expected level.
83.0%
Exceeding expected level (Reading, Writing & Maths)Higher Standard — Reading, Writing & Maths% of pupils exceeding the expected level in all three subjectsA more demanding threshold. The national average is around 8%.
7.0%
Why is combined lower? A pupil is only counted if they met the bar in all three subjects. Some passed reading but not writing; some passed writing but not maths.
Reading 87%·Writing 83%·Maths 93%All three 83%
Reading
Expected87%
Exceeding30%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Writing
Expected83%
Exceeding10%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Maths
Expected93%
Exceeding27%
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Expected standard
Exceeding / high score
National average

How Hard to Get Into This School (2025/26)

This school is oversubscribed.
Demand exceeds capacity.
How many places were offered?
29
How many families wanted this school first?
30
How many got their first choice?
20of 30 (66.7%)
How many applied in total?
97

Pupils & Inclusion

Eligible for pupil premium
20.0%
Pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
English as an additional languageEnglish as an Additional Language% of pupils whose first language is not English
7.0%
Pupils receiving SEN supportSEN Support% of pupils receiving SEN (Special Educational Needs) support without a formal planThese pupils need extra help but do not yet have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP).
13.0%
Boys and girls
47%girls·53%boys
107 girls, 121 boys

Location

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Results Over Time

↑ Best year on record — 83% Reading, Writing & Maths

* No data for 2019/20 or 2020/21 — national assessments were cancelled due to COVID-19.

Progress scores (Reading, Writing, Maths) are hidden by default — click them in the legend to show.

View raw year-by-year data
YearReading, Writing & Maths (expected %)Exceeding expected (%)Reading ProgressWriting ProgressMaths Progress
2015/1660.0%7.0%-0.80.0-0.2
2016/1763.0%3.0%-1.3-1.2-0.7
2017/1876.0%10.0%-1.1-1.5+0.4
2018/1977.0%0.0%+0.8+0.9-1.2
2022/2366.0%0.0%-2.6+0.2-2.3
2023/2450.0%3.0%---
2024/2583.0%7.0%---
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