Community school

Millfield School

Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth formLancashire, North West · Thornton-Cleveleys FY5 5DGSchool website
Pupils on roll
877of 909 places
Free school meals
21.7%
Year 11 cohort 2025
164
Ofsted
Good, 12 July 2022Read the Ofsted report
What the data says

Millfield School has no sixth form. Of the 168 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 47% moved to a sixth form college, 37% to a further education college and 7% started an apprenticeship.

Sixth form colleges are the main next step: 47% of leavers went to one, roughly three times the England rate of 13%.

Media Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 22% of the year group took it, against 4% of pupils across England.

GCSE results in 2025 were above the national picture: Attainment 8 of 48.5 against 46.1 across England and 45.1 in Lancashire, with 45% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Lancashire and England.

Millfield School
Lancashire
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureMillfield SchoolLancashireEngland
Pupils in the cohort16813,296607,348
Any sustained destination95%90%92%
Stayed in education85%81%86%
— school sixth form0%12%34%
— sixth form college47%20%13%
— further education college37%48%37%
— other education1%2%2%
Apprenticeship7%5%3%
Employment4%4%3%
No sustained destination4%7%6%
Destination unknown1%2%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureMillfield SchoolLancashireEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)48.545.146.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths45%44%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths67%64%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects17%34%41%
EBacc average point score3.953.954.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort20%26%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils46.532.734.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils49.049.350.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language0%12%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Language16299%89%23%20%80%
Mathematics16299%88%17%22%75%
English Literature16198%86%12%21%74%
Combined Science12375%65%8%9%63%
History8652%41%16%26%69%
Geography6439%41%9%25%63%
Biology3924%23%28%45%97%
Physics3924%23%15%46%90%
Chemistry3924%23%21%47%92%
Design and Technology3622%11%25%23%94%
Media Studies3622%4%14%20%75%
Fine Art3421%9%29%28%97%
Food Preparation and Nutrition3018%8%23%21%73%
Religious Studies2515%31%32%32%88%
Spanish2213%19%18%27%91%
French1610%18%13%29%69%
Computer Science159%13%7%30%47%
Dance106%1%20%27%80%
Drama42%7%27%
Business Studies11%18%20%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Sports Studies46
Childcare Skills38
Health Studies34
Small Business Management31
Computer Appreciation / Introduction20
Speech and Drama16
Tourism14
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)3

Other secondary schools in Lancashire

Academy@Worden

Academy converter · 660 pupils

74% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.2

Accrington Academy

Academy sponsor led · 953 pupils

79% stayed in education · Attainment 8 39.4

Albany Academy

Academy converter · 725 pupils

76% stayed in education · Attainment 8 43.7

Alder Grange School

Community school · sixth form · 899 pupils

82% stayed in education · Attainment 8 37.0

Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.