Millom School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 25 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Cumberland
Unique reference
112388
Address
Salthouse Road, LA18 5AB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
476 (63% of total capacity)
Boys
50.0%
Girls
50.0%
First language not English
1.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
19.1%
Persistent absence
28.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 89.9%
Unclassified 6.9%
Mixed 1.7%
Other White 0.6%
Chinese 0.6%
Irish 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.5
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.28
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 3%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 35%
Local authority average 37%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 40.7
Local authority average 43.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.36
Local authority average 3.81
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Health StudiesTechnical Award24
Speech & DramaTechnical Award8
Sports StudiesTechnical Award22
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE10
BiologyGCSE27
ChemistryGCSE27
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE13
Design & TechnologyGCSE64
English LanguageGCSE90
English LiteratureGCSE90
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Millom School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
99
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
84
2nd preference
34
3rd preference
3
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
84
2nd preference
8
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes17.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
85
42
43
Year 8
86
39
47
Year 9
107
54
53
Year 10
78
39
39
Year 11
90
51
39
Year 12
10
8
2
Year 13
20
5
15
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
76.0%
n/a
85.6%
Further education
41.0%
n/a
35.4%
School sixth form
35.0%
n/a
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
n/a
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
n/a
0.5%
Entering employment
5.0%
n/a
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
16.0%
n/a
3.2%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
n/a
5.9%
Destination unknown
0.0%
n/a
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
69.0%
n/a
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
19.0%
n/a
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
n/a
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
6.0%
n/a
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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