Thomas Mills High School & Sixth Form

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 24 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Suffolk
Unique reference
136782
Address
Saxtead Road, Framlingham, IP13 9HE

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1030 (96% of total capacity)
Boys
48.6%
Girls
51.4%
First language not English
3.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
14.1%
Persistent absence
25.8%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.3%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 86.9%
Other White 4.9%
Mixed 4%
Unclassified 2.2%
Indian 0.9%
African 0.4%
Irish 0.2%
Other Asian 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Caribbean 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.02
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.1
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 41%
Local authority average 28%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 44%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 48.2
Local authority average 43.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.29
Local authority average 3.74
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE95
BiologyGCSE124
Business Studies:SingleGCSE82
ChemistryGCSE124
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE27
Design & TechnologyGCSE83
English LanguageGCSE196
English LiteratureGCSE192
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE16
FrenchGCSE49
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Thomas Mills High School & Sixth Form

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
136
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
134
2nd preference
94
3rd preference
24
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
134
2nd preference
2
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 classes19.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
150
61
89
Year 8
142
73
69
Year 9
178
80
98
Year 10
176
97
79
Year 11
167
84
83
Year 12
117
58
59
Year 13
100
48
52
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
91.0%
86.2%
86.5%
Further education
12.0%
38.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
75.0%
41.8%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
4.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
4.0%
1.3%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
3.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
5.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.7%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
72.0%
54.3%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
27.0%
12.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
24.0%
9.9%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
6.0%
0.7%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
3.0%
1.8%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
2.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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