Millais School
Depot Road, Horsham, RH13 5HR
- Phase
- Secondary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Gender
- Girls
- Headteacher
- Dr Alison Lodwick
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Constituency
- Horsham
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 1,500
- Pupils on roll
- 896
- URN
- 126066
- Local authority
- West Sussex
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01403254932
About this school
Millais School is a girls' community secondary school in Horsham. It teaches children aged 11 to 16 and has 896 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Overall judgement at the last full inspection
This inspection took place under the previous framework, which gave a single overall grade. Ofsted now publishes report cards instead, so newer inspections of other schools will look different. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 4 (GCSEs)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 4 | 314 | 294 | 290 |
| Attainment 8 score | 54.6 | 52.9 | 51.6 |
| Progress 8 score | +0.31 +0.15 to +0.47 | +0.22 +0.06 to +0.39 | - |
| Grade 5 or above in English and maths | 56% | 59.9% | 59% |
| Grade 4 or above in English and maths | 80% | 78.2% | 79% |
| Entered the English Baccalaureate | 80% | 82.7% | 71.4% |
| English Baccalaureate average point score | 5.1 | 5.0 | 4.7 |
Progress 8 is paused nationally for the 2024/25 and 2025/26 school years. Those pupils sat no key stage 2 tests during the Covid pandemic, so there is no starting point to measure progress from. A blank figure here is not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Millais School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | West Sussex average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 54.6 | 37.1 | 39.8 |
| 2023/24 | 52.9 | 37.2 | 39.5 |
| 2024/25 | 51.6 | 36 | 39 |
Department for Education KS4 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 9.2% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.7% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 1,347 |
| 2023/24 | 1,194 |
| 2024/25 | 1,055 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Millais School compares
Millais School ranked 10th of 38 secondary schools in West Sussex for Attainment 8 in 2024/25. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 80% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 13% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | Attainment 8 (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 51.6 | 8.7% | 11.7% | 896 | — |
| The Forest School | — | — | — | 1,115 | 0.3 miles |
| Tanbridge House School | 54.2 | 7% | 10% | 1,510 | 1.9 miles |
| Holy Trinity CofE Secondary School, Crawley | 41.7 | 12% | 32.4% | 1,340 | 5.1 miles |
| St Wilfrid's Catholic Comprehensive School, Crawley | 45.5 | 6.5% | 16% | 1,174 | 5.5 miles |
| Thomas Bennett Community College | 33.1 | 11.6% | 37.8% | 1,261 | 5.6 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 11.66%
- English as an additional language
- 11.8%
- Overall absence
- 8.65%
- Persistent absence
- 22.61%
Location
Nearby schools
-
The Forest School0.3 miles
Secondary · Horsham
-
Tanbridge House School1.9 miles
Secondary · Horsham
-
Holy Trinity CofE Secondary School, Crawley5.1 miles
Secondary · Crawley
-
St Wilfrid's Catholic Comprehensive School, Crawley5.5 miles
Secondary · Crawley
-
Thomas Bennett Community College5.6 miles
Secondary · Crawley
Other schools in Horsham
- Tanbridge House School Secondary
- The Forest School Secondary
- Horsham Nursery School Nursery
- All Saints CofE Primary School, Horsham Primary
- Arunside School, Horsham Primary
- Barns Green Primary School Primary
- Castlewood Primary School Primary
- Colgate Primary School Primary
- Greenway Junior School Primary
- Heron Way Primary School Primary
- Holbrook Primary School Primary
- Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, Lower Beeding Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Millais School teach?
- Millais School teaches children aged 11 to 16. It is a secondary school in Horsham.
- Who is the headteacher of Millais School?
- The headteacher of Millais School is Dr Alison Lodwick, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Millais School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Millais School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Millais School?
- Millais School has 896 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 11 to 16.
- Is Millais School full?
- Millais School has capacity for 1,500 pupils and 896 on roll (60%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Millais School a faith school?
- No. Millais School has no designated religious character.
- Is Millais School a selective school?
- No. Millais School is recorded as non-selective in the schools register.
- How have Millais School's results changed over recent years?
- Its Attainment 8 score was 54.6 in 2022/23 and 51.6 in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Millais School rank locally?
- Millais School ranked 10th of 38 secondary schools in West Sussex for Attainment 8. Its Attainment 8 score was higher than 80% of England secondary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 13% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Millais School's absence rate?
- Millais School's overall absence rate is 8.7% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Millais School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Millais School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 30 June 2026.