Millfield School

Before you shortlist Millfield School

The school register lists Millfield School (type: Community school; ages 11–16; mixed) in Thornton-Cleveleys.

What the inspection record tells you

The matched inspection on 12 July 2022 recorded Good. This is a historic judgement; check the official report for any later inspection. See inspection evidence.

What the admissions figures tell you

For Year 7 entry in 2026/27, 162 of 244 first-preference applications received an offer on national offer day. The previous recorded round for the same entry point, 2025/26, had 227 first-preference applications. These are past outcomes, not your child's probability of admission; check the current entry rules and application dates. See offers and source notes.

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This summary uses the matched school register, inspection record and dated DfE offers. Source dates and coverage.

GCSE results 2024/25

On Attainment 8 this school is in the upper half of state-funded secondaries in England.

Compared with the fifth of schools whose intake is second least disadvantaged, which is where this one sits, it is in the better-performing half.

Progress 8 2023/24

Progress 8 measures how far pupils moved between the end of primary and their GCSEs, which makes it far fairer than raw attainment. It is shown for 2023/24 because it could not be calculated for 2024/25: that year group would have sat their key stage 2 tests in summer 2020, when the tests were cancelled, so there is no starting point to measure from. Every school in England is affected, not just this one.

Applications and offers 2026/27 entry

More first preferences than total offers. Of the 244 families who named this school as their first choice, 66% were offered a place.

Places offered

168

for entry into Year 7

Named it first choice

244

First choices per offer

1.45

England average 1.00

First choices offered a place

66%

England 88.5%

First preferences per offer are up 21% on three years ago.

These are national-offer-day outcomes for 2026/27 entry. The ratio divides first preferences by total offers made; it does not use a count of vacancies or establish whether the school was oversubscribed. Waiting lists, appeals and in-year admissions are outside this snapshot.

A past offer rate is not a personal chance of admission. Read the school or local authority's current admission criteria, including any catchment, distance, sibling, faith or selection rules. Some authorities publish catchment maps; a previous furthest-offered distance is not a guarantee for a later year.

Pupils

Pupils on roll

877

Places

909

Pupils and capacity

877 pupils against a recorded capacity of 909 (96%). This does not show vacancies in a particular year group.

Girls / boys

408 / 469

Overall absence

7%

secondary schools average 8.6%

Persistently absent

20%

secondary schools average 23.9% — pupils missing 10% or more of sessions

Free school meals, last 6 years

22%

England 25.7%

English as an additional language

1%

England 18.7%

With an EHC plan

2%

England 3.5%

On SEN support

9%

England 15%

School funding 2025-26 financial year

Not found for this URN in the 2025-26 release.

Evidence found

Not found for this URN in the 2025-26 release; this is not represented as £0.

Source coverage

DfE mainstream-school allocations for running costs for pupils aged 5-16, importer snapshot 23 August 2026.

What this means

The official mainstream allocation release does not provide a publishable row for this establishment.

What this does not mean

The school received no public funding or has no budget; other establishment types and funding streams use different publications.

Allocation is not expenditure. DfE says this release combines the schools block with several other revenue grants and excludes capital spending. Funding is shown for context and is never used in School Facts ordering, peer groups or quality claims. Source, licence and coverage.

Roads and getting there

Every collision reported to the police within 500m of the school over the five years to 2024, from the Department for Transport's road casualty statistics. A high count usually says the school sits on or near a busy road, not that the school is unsafe — counts rise with traffic and with how built up an area is, and a rural school on a fast road may have fewer collisions but a worse one. Distances are straight-line from the school's recorded position.

What pupils do next

After GCSEs

In education, work or training

95%

England 91.4%

Stayed in education

85%

England 85.4%

Started an apprenticeship

7%

England 3.5%

Stayed at this school's sixth form

0%

No sustained destination

4%

England 5.8%

Pupils in the cohort

168

A destination counts only if it lasted at least six months, which is why these figures lag the exam results by a year. Small cohorts move these percentages a long way — check the cohort size before reading much into a gap.

The area around the school

Indices of Deprivation 2019, for the small area the school stands in. 1 means the most deprived tenth of England, 10 the least. The second measure counts only children living in low-income families, which is the one that describes the intake a school is likely to draw on.

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price

£182,500

postcode sector FY5 5 · 255 sales

Typical range

£155,000 to £251,000

middle half of sales

Detached

£295,000

Semi-detached

£175,000

Terraced

£145,000

Flat

£93,500

Homes around this school are cheaper than most of England.

Every residential sale registered in this postcode sector since January 2024, from HM Land Registry. A sector covers roughly 2,500 addresses. England's median over the same period was £293,000.

Who lives there

Adults with a degree

24%

England 33.8%

Adults with no qualifications

22%

England 18.3%

In professional or managerial work

13%

England 13.4%

Households deprived in 2+ ways

14%

England 17.8%

Residents in very good health

46%

England 48.4%

Housing

Owned by the occupier

82%

England 62.7%

Social housing

1%

England 17%

Privately rented

17%

England 19.2%

Detached homes

51%

England 38.2%

Four or more bedrooms

25%

England 22.5%

No car

15%

England 21.9%

Census 2021, for Wyre 012C and the wider neighbourhood around it. These figures describe the area, not the pupils — children may travel in from much further away, and for selective, faith and independent schools they usually do.

School details

Type

Community school

Phase

Secondary

Ages

Ages 11–16

Gender

Mixed

Admissions

Non-selective

Religious character

None

Sixth form

No

Nursery

No

Boarding

Day school

Headteacher

Headteacher: Nicola Regan

Register status

Open

Local authority

Lancashire

Ward

Marsh Mill

Constituency

Blackpool North and Fleetwood

URN

119714

The unique reference number used in all official school data.

Official DfE record

Open the register entry

The source record for this establishment and URN.

The URN identifies this registered establishment. If a school converts or is replaced, DfE may issue a new URN; this page does not stitch different establishments together by a similar name.

Admissions history

The official school-level admissions releases contain up to 13 national-offer-day observations, from 2014/15 to 2026/27. The chart shows first preferences divided by offers made, not available places; the table keeps the underlying counts.

These are annual observations, not forecasts. They exclude waiting lists, appeals and in-year admissions. Each series follows this exact URN only, so academy conversions and missing releases remain visible as gaps rather than being joined by name.

Nearest secondary schools

Schools like this

The 12 state schools in England whose intake most closely matches this one — same phase and sector, and as near as the data allows on size, disadvantage, SEN, English as an additional language and the deprivation of the surrounding area. These are the schools it can fairly be judged against.

Attainment 8 score. This school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

Matching uses only characteristics a school does not choose. It is not a ranking, and a close match on intake does not make two schools interchangeable — sixth form, faith character, admissions rules and simple geography all matter and are not in the calculation.