Mildenhall College Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 2 2024 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
139867
Address
The Hub, Sheldrick Way, IP28 7JX

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1330 (83% of total capacity)
Boys
51.8%
Girls
48.2%
First language not English
8.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
22.1%
Persistent absence
24.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 75.7%
Other White 9.7%
Mixed 6.5%
Unclassified 3.7%
Other Black 1.1%
Indian 0.8%
Other 0.6%
Gypsy/Roma 0.5%
African 0.5%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Pakistani 0.2%
Other Asian 0.2%
Caribbean 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.06
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.1
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 63%
Local authority average 28%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 34%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 42
Local authority average 43.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.82
Local authority average 3.74
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award73
Health StudiesTechnical Award1
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE42
AstronomyGCSE1
BiologyGCSE53
Business Studies:SingleGCSE76
ChemistryGCSE53
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE17
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE28
Design & TechnologyGCSE24
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Mildenhall College Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
244
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
216
2nd preference
57
3rd preference
25
From another Local Authority
14
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
216
2nd preference
9
3rd preference
6
To another Local Authority
2
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 classes20
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
268
142
126
Year 8
264
131
133
Year 9
234
128
106
Year 10
225
106
119
Year 11
202
109
93
Year 12
61
35
26
Year 13
76
38
38
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
84.0%
86.2%
86.5%
Further education
43.0%
38.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
40.0%
41.8%
37.9%
Sixth form college
1.0%
4.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
1.3%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
3.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
5.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
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
50.0%
54.3%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
9.0%
12.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
5.0%
9.9%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.7%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.8%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
2.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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