The Mill Primary Academy

State-Funded School

the-mill-primary-academy-west-sussex-south-east

South EastRegion

West SussexLocal Authority

CrawleyConstituency

RH11 0ELPostcode

8.3

Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

The Mill Primary Academy is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in West Sussex, South East.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 531 pupils. The Mill Primary Academy is part of The Kemnal Academies Trust.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 21 Apr 2026 · published 17 May 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Needs attention
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Needs attention

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 83%
Higher standard: 12%
Reading score: 106
Maths score: 107

Ethnicity

White

65%

Asian

16%

Black

Mixed

11%

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

531

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

25%

England average

27%

First language not English

39%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 531
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)
MAT name: The Kemnal Academies Trust

Inspection history

Ofsted has published one graded inspection for this school. The most recent ungraded inspection is shown below.

School remains Good

Ungraded inspection on 26 May 2021. An ungraded inspection checks whether the existing grade still holds; it does not award a new one.

Read the inspection letter on Ofsted

Report published					Overall
21 Jun 2016	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.