Bowes Road, Wivenhoe, Colchester, Essex CO7 9RD
10 reasons to choose Millfields Primary School
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Millfields Primary School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 72. It is one of the best state primary schools in Colchester and one of the 4 best independent or state primaries within 5 miles.
School fundamentals
Millfields Primary School is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 4 and 11 years. It is a foundation school. The school was also rated as Outstanding by Ofsted in its last (2014) inspection. Reception places are usually oversubscribed every year, on first preference.
Average class size
Millfields Primary School typically has one class per year, and an average class size of 32 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Millfields Primary School ranks in the top 3% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 13% of schools.
The Millfields Primary School curriculum
School curriculum also includes PSHE, French. Core subjects are taught separately, but foundation subjects, such as geography and history, are taught as half-termly topics with cross-curricular links to other subjects. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers, Forest School for all year groups and a residential trip in Year 6.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at Millfields Primary School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Millfields Primary School
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Out of school hours care from 7.30am to 5.50pm.
Find another school near Millfields Primary School
Colchester Prep & High School, Prep (4.9 miles); Holmwood House School (7 miles).
St Thomas More’s Catholic Primary School, Colchester (4.1 miles); Hamilton Primary School (5 miles); Home Farm Primary School (6.5 miles).
Colchester Prep & High School, Senior (4.9 miles); St Mary’s School for Girls, Colchester (5.3 miles); Royal Hospital School (14.4 miles).
Colchester Royal Grammar School (4.9 miles); Colne Community School and College (5.2 miles); St Benedict’s Catholic College (5.4 miles).