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Thomas Mills High School & Sixth Form

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Saxtead Road, Framlingham, Woodbridge IP13 9HE · thomasmills.suffolk.sch.uk · 01728 723493

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Overview

Ofsted
Good
2019 framework · inspected Jan 2023
GCSEs, 2024/25
48.4
average Attainment 8 score. Suffolk 42.8, England 46
Demand for places
1.0
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,056
90% of 1,170 places
Local authority
Suffolk
Sixth form
Yes
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
18.9%
First language not English
3.3%
School census 2025/26
Trust
Thomas Mills High School

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, 180 families put the school first and 173 places were offered; 96% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 133 (Places 133)133September 2023: 137 (Places 142)137September 2024: 134 (Places 136)134September 2025: 205 (Places 202)205September 2026: 180 (Places 173)180Places 173
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20261731801▲96%
September 2025Sept 20252022051▲98%
September 2024Sept 20241361341100%
September 2023Sept 20231421371100%
September 2022Sept 20221331331100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 48.4, and 46.2% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Suffolk it was 42.8, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C (30.6 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 52.1 (England 46.3)52.12017/18: 51.8 (England 46.5)51.82018/19: 53.3 (England 46.7)53.32021/22: 49.7 (England 48.8)49.72022/23: 48.2 (England 46.3)48.22023/24: 48.8 (England 45.9)48.82024/25: 48.4 (England 46.0)48.4England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▲48.446.0
●46.2%45.4%
▲71.1%64.8%
●41.6%40.5%
▲4.334.09

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form65.3−2.2
Further education19.8−4.5
Apprenticeship5.4+2.4
Employment4.8+3
Not in a lasting destination3.6+1.8
Activity not captured1.2—

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 29.6 (England 30.5)C2016/17: 31.1 (England 31.1)C2017/18: 30.2 (England 32.1)C2018/19: 30.0 (England 32.9)C2021/22: 36.3 (England 37.9)B-2022/23: 33.8 (England 34.2)C+2023/24: 32.5 (England 34.4)C+2024/25: 30.6 (England 35.0)CEngland 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
109 studentsC (30.6)Average -0.05
109 studentsC (30.8)Average -0.04
20 studentsPass+ (17.2)Well below average -0.84
9.5%AAB or better
90.4%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2497C+ (32.5)+0.17
2022/23132C+ (33.8)—
2021/22123B- (36.3)—
2018/19134C (30)+0.09
2017/18123C (30.2)+0.01
2016/17143C (31.1)+0.07
2015/16147C (29.6)-0.06

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University43.3+6.2
Further and other education4.8−4.3
Further education2.9—
Other education1.9—
Apprenticeship2.9−1.6
Employment34.6+1.3
Not in a lasting destination12.5+1.1
Activity not captured1.9−2.6

Ofsted

Thomas Mills High School & Sixth Form was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 24 January 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.

Overall
Good
Inspected
24 Jan 2023
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Nov 2021

Earlier inspections

September 2019 to November 2025

  • Sept 2022Monitoring visitEffective action
  • Nov 2021Inadequate
    Quality of educationGood
    Behaviour and attitudesGood
    Personal developmentRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementInadequate
    Sixth formGood
    SafeguardingNot effective

Before September 2019

  • Oct 2006Outstanding
    Outcomes for pupilsOutstanding
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentOutstanding
    Leadership and managementOutstanding
    16 to 19 study programmesOutstanding

What parents said

100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (10 replies, to 6 April 2026).

Recommend
100%
Replies
10
1% · 6 Apr 2026
Child is happy at school▼80% agreeEngland 84%
Child feels safe▼80% agreeEngland 85%
Pupils are well behaved●80% agreeEngland 78%
Gets the right support to learn▼70% agreeEngland 78%
School communicates well▼70% agreeEngland 77%
Acts in child’s best interests▲80% agreeEngland 76%
Concerns are dealt with properly▼50% agreeEngland 74%

based on the 80% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly▼33% agreeEngland 43%

based on 3 parents (30%) whose child was bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▲80% agreeEngland 63%

based on 5 parents (50%) with SEND

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