Millais School
Secondary · Community school · Ages 11–16 · Horsham, West Sussex
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
Every applicant was offered a place
From West Sussex County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2023–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Millais School is a secondary school in Horsham, West Sussex for ages 11–16 (community school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 13 September 2022. West Sussex has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2023 to 2026 entry.
Millais School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | Every applicant was offered a place |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- Every applicant was offered a Year 7 place in 2026, as at 13 of the 36 other West Sussex secondary schools with a published Year 7 2026 outcome.
- Year 7 2026 had 100 first-choice applications for 162 offers, 0.6 first choices per offer, the 4th lowest of 37 West Sussex secondary schools.
- In Year 7 2026 every first-choice family was offered a place, and 62 offers went to families who ranked it second or lower.
- In 2024/25, 59% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), and the Attainment 8 score was 51.6 (England 46).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other West Sussex schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Depot Road, Horsham, RH13 5HR
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- West Sussex
- Pupils on roll
- 896 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 12.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 13.1
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 13 September 2022
Strengths
- “Inclusivity, fairness and respect for pupils’ individual differences are at the heart of relationships in this school.”
- “Pupils understand that staff are there for them if they need support.”
- “They are extremely ambitious for pupils and have very high expectations.”
To improve
- “In a small number of subjects, such as religious education (RE) and physical education (PE), leaders have not selected and organised knowledge with enough precision.”
- “Consequently, by the time some pupils reach key stage 4, they struggle to recall important elements of the knowledge and skills that they have learned previously.”
- “Leaders are aware that although many parents are extremely complimentary about the school, a significant proportion of parents continue to have concerns, particularly about communication.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 November 2022 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 59% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 51.6 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 100 first-preference applications, 162 offers in total, 100 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in West Sussex.
- The Forest School 0.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Tanbridge House School 1.9 mi Outstanding Last distance published
- Holy Trinity CofE Secondary School, Crawley 5.1 mi Good Last distance published
- St Wilfrid's Catholic Comprehensive School, Crawley 5.5 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Thomas Bennett Community College 5.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Ifield Community College 5.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Oriel High School 7.1 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Weald School, The 7.2 mi Not judged Last distance published