Mills Hill Primary SchoolElm Wood Primary School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

Mills Hill Primary School and Elm Wood Primary School are primary schools.

  • Mills Hill Primary School scores 58 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Elm Wood Primary School scores 48 out of 100 (grade D, below average). Mills Hill Primary School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Mills Hill Primary School was judged the expected standard and Elm Wood Primary School was judged Good.

  • On the share of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at Key Stage 2, the latest published figures are 65.0% for Mills Hill Primary School and 43.0% for Elm Wood Primary School.

  • The share of pupils meeting the expected standard at Key Stage 2 has risen at Mills Hill Primary School (55.0% in 2022-23, 65.0% in 2024-25) and has fallen at Elm Wood Primary School (46.0% in 2022-23, 43.0% in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Mills Hill Primary School versus Elm Wood Primary School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure OldhamMills Hill Primary SchoolManchesterElm Wood Primary SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC58/100Stronger figureD48/100
Local ranking29th of 77 in Oldham 45th of 57 in Rochdale
InspectionOfsted: ExpectedOfsted: Good
School typeCommunity school Community school
PhasePrimary Primary
Age range3-11 2-11
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll627 450
Capacity656 454
LocationOldham, OL9 0NH Manchester, M24 2EG
Key Stage 2 (SATs)
Reading, writing & maths at expected standard65.0% Stronger figure43.0% 62.0%
At higher standard3.0% Stronger figure2.0% 8.0%
Reading average scaled score104.0 Stronger figure102.0 106.0
Maths average scaled score106.0 Stronger figure100.0 105.0
Pupils
Pupils in the census627 450
Free school meals (ever 6)17.3% 39.4%
English as an additional language17.4% 9.1%
SEN support8.4% 16.0%
SEN with an EHC plan2.7% 2.7%
Attendance
Overall absence4.8% Stronger figure6.4% 6.2%
Persistent absence10.4% Stronger figure20.1% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

KS2: expected standard in reading, writing and maths

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Mills Hill Primary School

Elm Wood Primary School

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