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Millais School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 896Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 126066URN

Depot Road, Horsham, RH13 5HR · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Sep 2022 Previous framework

Good
  • Quality of education
  • Behaviour and attitudes
  • Personal development
  • Leadership and management
What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
2.5per place
close to West Sussex median (2.3)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in West Sussex

404 applications for 162 places · 18th of 40 in West Sussex
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
54.7of 90
7th of 40 in West Sussex
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Overall effectiveness: Good · 13 September 2022Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024)
AreaOutstandingGoodRequires improvementInadequate
Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentOutstanding
Leadership and managementGood

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 hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
2.5applications per place, Year 7
close to West Sussex median (2.3) 0.3 above England median (2.2)

404 applications · 162 places offered · 100 named it first

  1. 2026 2.5; West Sussex median median 2.3
  2. 2025 2.0; West Sussex median median 2.2
  3. 2024 2.1; West Sussex median median 2.2
  4. 2023 2.1; West Sussex median median 2.1
  5. 2022 2.5; West Sussex median median 2.3
  6. 2021 2.1; West Sussex median median 2.3
  7. 2020 2.2; West Sussex median median 2.4
  8. 2019 2.0; West Sussex median median 2.4
  9. 2018 2.1; West Sussex median median 2.6
  10. 2017 1.9; West Sussex median median 2.2
  11. 2016 1.8; West Sussex median median 2.3
  12. 2015 1.9; West Sussex median median 2.3
  13. 2014 1.9; West Sussex median median 2.1
  • This school
  • West Sussex median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261624042.51000.62
Sep 20251422812.01030.73
Sep 20241663412.11320.80
Sep 20231713542.11210.71
Sep 20221994872.51680.84
Sep 20212735722.12540.93
Sep 20202996542.23071.03
Sep 20193026152.02950.98
Sep 20183296892.13451.05
Sep 20172995651.93161.06
Sep 20163005501.83191.06
Sep 20153005581.92900.97
Sep 20142985511.93371.13

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

236 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)54.77th of 40 in West Sussex
Grade 5 or above in English and maths64%5th of 40 in West Sussex
Grade 4 or above in English and maths78%
  • This school
  • West Sussex median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.22
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)23654.764%78%–
2024/2529051.659%79%–
2023/2429452.960%78%+0.22
2022/2331454.656%80%+0.31

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

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

School details

Type
Community school
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
126066 · 938/4010
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,500 pupils · 896 on roll
Free school meals
12.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address
Depot Road, Horsham, RH13 5HR
Local authority
West Sussex · Horsham

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources