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Black Combe Junior School

  • 7–11Ages
  • 89Pupils
  • PrimaryPhase
  • 112160URN

Moor Road, Millom, LA18 5DT · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Jul 2024 Previous framework

Requires improvement
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25
50%met the expected standard

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Requires improvement · 2 July 2024Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationRequires improvement
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementRequires improvement

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 78% · Writing 50% · Maths 89% → all three 50% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard50%67th of 111 in Cumberland
Reading
Expected standard78%
Higher standard33%
Average scaled score 104 (100 = expected standard)
Writing
Expected standard50%
Greater depth0%
Maths
Expected standard89%
Higher standard39%
Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)
  • This school
  • Cumberland median
  • England median
Every year as a table
YearExpected standardHigher standardReading scoreMaths score
2024/2550%0%104107
2023/2449%2%102102
2022/2319%0%10097

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Primary
URN · DfE number
112160 · 942/2220
Capacity
136 pupils · 89 on roll
Free school meals
34.8% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Moor Road, Millom, LA18 5DT
Local authority
Cumberland

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources