Graded inspection · Jan 2023 Previous framework
- Quality of education
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Personal development
- Leadership and management
This schoolOther secondary schools in Suffolk
What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Outstanding | Good | Requires improvement | Inadequate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of education | Good | |||
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good | |||
| Personal development | Good | |||
| Leadership and management | Good | |||
| Sixth form provision | Good |
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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 entry277 applications · 173 places offered · 180 named it first
- 2026 1.6; Suffolk median median 1.6
- 2025 1.6; Suffolk median median 1.6
- 2024 1.9; Suffolk median median 1.6
- 2023 1.8; Suffolk median median 1.6
- 2022 1.9; Suffolk median median 1.6
- 2021 1.9; Suffolk median median 1.6
- 2020 1.7; Suffolk median median 1.4
- 2019 1.7; Suffolk median median 1.5
- 2018 1.7; Suffolk median median 1.5
- 2017 1.7; Suffolk median median 1.5
- 2016 1.8; Suffolk median median 1.5
- 2015 1.9; Suffolk median median 1.5
- 2014 1.9; Suffolk median median 1.5
- This school
- Suffolk 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.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 173 | 277 | 1.6 | 180 | 1.04 |
| Sep 2025 | 202 | 326 | 1.6 | 205 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2024 | 136 | 252 | 1.9 | 134 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2023 | 142 | 252 | 1.8 | 137 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2022 | 133 | 247 | 1.9 | 133 | 1.00 |
| Sep 2021 | 171 | 316 | 1.9 | 173 | 1.01 |
| Sep 2020 | 171 | 298 | 1.7 | 163 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2019 | 167 | 290 | 1.7 | 161 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2018 | 201 | 331 | 1.7 | 198 | 0.99 |
| Sep 2017 | 172 | 289 | 1.7 | 168 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2016 | 164 | 297 | 1.8 | 157 | 0.96 |
| Sep 2015 | 152 | 295 | 1.9 | 145 | 0.95 |
| Sep 2014 | 137 | 261 | 1.9 | 133 | 0.97 |
How did pupils do at GCSE?
DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisionalEvery year as a table
| Year | Pupils | Attainment 8 | 5+ Eng & maths | 4+ Eng & maths | Progress 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025/26 (prov.) | 172 | 47.8 | 44% | 70% | – |
| 2024/25 | 173 | 48.4 | 46% | 71% | – |
| 2023/24 | 167 | 48.8 | 41% | 73% | +0.10 |
| 2022/23 | 196 | 48.2 | 44% | 69% | +0.02 |
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
- Thomas Mills High School & Sixth FormThis schoolThis schoolGood20231.6applications per place 47.8Attainment 8
- 10.4 km · SuffolkRemains Good · improving20231.9applications per place 47.4Attainment 8
- 10.8 km · SuffolkGood20231.6applications per place 51.5Attainment 8
- 14.3 km · Suffolk20261.7applications per place 45.2Attainment 8
- 16.8 km · SuffolkGraded · no overall grade20251.4applications per place 52.4Attainment 8
- 17.8 km · SuffolkRequires improvement20241.3applications per place 33.9Attainment 8
- 18.9 km · SuffolkGood20222.0applications per place 47.0Attainment 8
- 19.1 km · NorfolkGraded · no overall grade20251.9applications per place 45.9Attainment 8
- 19.9 km · Suffolk20252.2applications per place 45.2Attainment 8
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- URN · DfE number
- 136782 · 935/4040
- Trust
- Thomas Mills High School
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 1,170 pupils · 1,056 on roll
- Free school meals
- 18.9% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Opened
- 1 June 2011
- Replaced
- Thomas Mills High School (URN 124813)
- Address
- Saxtead Road, Framlingham, Woodbridge, IP13 9HE
- Local authority
- Suffolk · East Suffolk
Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources