Millbrook Primary School
Primary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 2–11 · Wantage, Oxfordshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2026
0.927 miles
Published by Oxfordshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2026
2012–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Millbrook Primary School is a primary school in Wantage, Oxfordshire for ages 2–11 (academy sponsor led). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 28 November 2023. Oxfordshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2012 to 2026 entry.
Millbrook Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2026 | 0.927 mi |
| Reception 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Reception 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
And 7 earlier figures.
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2026 there were 62 first-choice applications for 58 offers; 57 offers went to first-choice families and 5 first-choice families (8%) were not offered a place.
- The 2026 Reception last distance offered was 0.927 miles, nearer than in 2025 and the 29th shortest of 73 Oxfordshire primary schools with a published Reception 2026 last distance.
- In 2024/25, 70% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Oxfordshire.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Oxfordshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- School Lane, Grove, Wantage, OX12 7LB
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 2–11
- Council
- Oxfordshire
- Pupils on roll
- 482 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 15.6% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 25.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 28 November 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are united in their view that this is an exciting and happy school.”
- “Relationships are warm and respectful.”
- “Leaders put the interests of their pupils at the heart of all they do.”
To improve
- “However, in a few foundation subjects, teachers’ subject knowledge and approach to teaching is not quite as secure.”
- “Pupils do not learn as well in these subjects as they do in the best.”
- “This has brought with it some challenges in providing meaningful learning opportunities in the outside area.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 29 January 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 70% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 62 first-preference applications, 58 offers in total, 57 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Oxfordshire.
- Grove Church of England School 0.3 mi Not judged
- Wantage Primary Academy 1.2 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Stockham Primary School 1.3 mi Some aspects not as strong
- Charlton Primary School 1.3 mi Standards maintained
- St James Church of England Primary School, Hanney 1.8 mi School remains Good
- Wantage Church of England Primary School 1.8 mi Standards maintained
- St Nicholas CofE Primary School 2.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- The Ridgeway Church of England (C) Primary School 3.1 mi School remains Good