Thomas Mills High School & Sixth FormFarlingaye High School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side in Woodbridge.

Summary of the comparison

Thomas Mills High School & Sixth Form and Farlingaye High School are secondary schools in Woodbridge.

  • Thomas Mills High School & Sixth Form scores 60 out of 100 (grade C, average) and Farlingaye High School scores 56 out of 100 (grade C, average). Thomas Mills High School & Sixth Form is ahead on our composite score.

  • Thomas Mills High School & Sixth Form was judged Good and Farlingaye High School was judged the expected standard.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 48.4 for Thomas Mills High School & Sixth Form and 43.8 for Farlingaye High School.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has held broadly level at Thomas Mills High School & Sixth Form (49.7 in 2021-22, 48.4 in 2024-25) and has fallen at Farlingaye High School (50.8 in 2021-22, 43.8 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Thomas Mills High School & Sixth Form versus Farlingaye High School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure WoodbridgeThomas Mills High School & Sixth FormWoodbridgeFarlingaye High SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC60/100Stronger figureC56/100
Local ranking10th of 43 in Suffolk Stronger figure21st of 43 in Suffolk
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Expected
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-18 11-18
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll1,001 1,883
Capacity1,170 1,975
LocationWoodbridge, IP13 9HE Woodbridge, IP12 4JX
GCSE results
Attainment 848.4 Stronger figure43.8 46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths46.2% Stronger figure39.8% 45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths71.1% Stronger figure61.5% 64.8%
Entering EBacc41.6% Stronger figure15.7% 40.5%
EBacc average point score4.33 Stronger figure3.66 4.09
Cohort173 299
A-level results
A-level entries109 181
A-level average points30.6 34.9 Stronger figure35.0
A-level average gradeC C+
Best 3 A-levels points31.8 38.0 Stronger figure35.8
AAB+ incl. facilitating subjects9.5% 22.9% Stronger figure17.5%
Pupils
Pupils in the census1,001 1,883
Free school meals (ever 6)18.6% 18.0%
English as an additional language3.8% 3.5%
SEN support5.5% 11.5%
SEN with an EHC plan2.5% 2.9%
Attendance
Overall absence8.2% Stronger figure10.2% 6.2%
Persistent absence20.4% Stronger figure29.0% 15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

GCSE Attainment 8

GCSE Progress 8

A-level average points

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Thomas Mills High School & Sixth Form

Farlingaye High School

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