Millom Infant School
Community school in Millom, Cumberland.
School details
| Status | Open, but proposed to close |
|---|---|
| Phase | Primary |
| Type | Community school |
| Age range | 4 to 7 |
| Gender | Mixed |
| Sixth form | Does not have a sixth form |
| Pupils on roll | 50 (school census 15-01-2026) |
| Capacity | 108 |
| Free school meals | 24.00% |
| Local authority | Cumberland |
| Address | Lapstone Road, Millom Infant School, Millom, Cumbria, LA18 4LP |
| Map | View on Google Maps |
| Website | www.millom-inf.cumbria.sch.uk |
| Telephone | 01229772679 |
| URN | 112159 |
Ofsted inspection
Latest full inspection: report card inspection under Ofsted's renewed framework (in use since November 2025), started 3 February 2026, published 23 March 2026. Report cards grade each area separately; there is no single overall grade.
| Safeguarding standards | Met |
|---|---|
| Inclusion | Needs attention |
| Curriculum and teaching | Needs attention |
| Achievement | Urgent improvement |
| Attendance and behaviour | Needs attention |
| Personal development and wellbeing | Expected standard |
| Early years | Urgent improvement |
| Leadership and governance | Urgent improvement |
Category of concern: Special measures.
Earlier graded inspection under the previous framework (Education Inspection Framework), started 20 June 2023, published 24 September 2023:
| Overall effectiveness | Inadequate |
|---|---|
| Quality of education | Inadequate |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Requires improvement |
| Personal development | Requires improvement |
| Leadership and management | Inadequate |
| Early years provision | Inadequate |
| Safeguarding effective | Yes |
Latest ungraded inspection: 16 November 2021, outcome: School remains Good (Concerns) - S5 Next.
Read the Ofsted reports for this school
Ofsted stopped giving single-word overall effectiveness grades in September 2024 and introduced report cards from November 2025. Older grades are shown with their dates and may not reflect the school today.
Nearby schools
- St James' Catholic Primary School (primary school, about 0.4 km)
- Black Combe Junior School (primary school, about 0.7 km)
- Haverigg Primary School (primary school, about 1.9 km)
- Askam Village School (primary school, about 4.8 km)
- Ireleth St Peter's CofE Primary School (primary school, about 5.4 km)
- Burlington CofE School (primary school, about 6.5 km)
- George Romney Junior School (primary school, about 7.8 km)
- Chapel Street Infants and Nursery School (primary school, about 8.0 km)
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Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. School data: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (downloaded 11 October 2026). Inspection data: Ofsted, state-funded schools inspections and outcomes management information (as at 31 August 2026). Last updated 2026-10-11.