Thomas Mills High School & Sixth Form
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Woodbridge, Suffolk
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
11.932 miles
Published by Suffolk County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Thomas Mills High School & Sixth Form is a secondary school in Woodbridge, Suffolk for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 24 January 2023. Suffolk has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 to 2026 entry.
Thomas Mills High School & Sixth Form 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 | 11.932 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 11.932 miles away, the longest of 18 Suffolk secondary schools with a published last distance.
- The Year 7 last distance in 2026 was nearer the school than in 2025.
- Year 7 in 2026 had 180 first-choice applications for 173 offers; 172 offers went to first-choice families, and 8 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 46% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), the 4th lowest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Suffolk.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Suffolk schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Saxtead Road, Framlingham, Woodbridge, IP13 9HE
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Suffolk
- Pupils on roll
- 1,056 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 17.4% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 16.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 24 January 2023
Strengths
- “They recognise that there have been considerable improvements in the way leaders manage concerns that they raise.”
- “They are confident that adults will help them if they are unhappy.”
- “Pupils agree that it is okay to be different and that their peers are tolerant and welcoming.”
To improve
- “Bullying is rare at the school, but some pupils say that there are still a few unkind comments from their peers.”
- “This can sometimes continue, even after adults have intervened.”
- “Sometimes, pupils do not remember what they have been taught, and leaders do not check well enough that gaps in pupils’ understanding are identified and addressed by teachers.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 March 2023 (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) | 46% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 48.4 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | C | B- |
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: 180 first-preference applications, 173 offers in total, 172 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 Suffolk.
- Stradbroke High School 6.4 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next
- Debenham High School 6.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Farlingaye High School 8.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Hartismere School 10.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Alde Valley Academy 11.0 mi Requires improvement
- Kesgrave High School 11.7 mi Good Last distance published
- Claydon High School 12.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Northgate High School 12.5 mi Not judged Last distance published