Thomas Mills High School & Sixth Form
Ofsted: Good
Score
C60
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Woodbridge, IP13 9HE
- Distance
- 17.8km away
Alde Valley Academy
Seaward Avenue, Leiston, IP16 4BG
Local ranking39th of 43 secondary schools in Suffolk
Ofsted: Requires improvementUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
560
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 9 July 2024. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 33.9 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 28.5% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 49.2% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 130
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 93.0%
- Continued in education
- 80.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 10.0%
- Not sustained
- 5.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 674
- Boys
- 330 (51%)
- Girls
- 315 (49%)
- Capacity
- 560 (115% full)
- SEND
- 20.6%
- FSM Eligible
- 30.6%
- EAL
- 4.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 4.8%
- SEN Support
- 15.9%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 41.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,515/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.9% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 25.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 88.9%
- Mixed Other: 4.2%
- White Other: 3.3%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.6%
- Black African: 0.6%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.5%
- Asian Indian: 0.3%
88.9%
White British
4.2%
Mixed Other
3.3%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Seaward Avenue
Leiston, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 141236
- UKPRN
- 10047078
- Establishment No.
- 4043
- Trust
- KINGFISHER SCHOOLS TRUST
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