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  • Millais School
    Depot Road
    Horsham
    West Sussex
    RH13 5HR
  • Head: Dr Alison Lodwick
  • T 01403 254932
  • F 01403 211 729
  • E admin@millais.org.uk
  • W www.millais.org.uk
  • A state school for girls aged from 11 to 16.
  • Read about the best schools in West Sussex
  • Boarding: No
  • Local authority: West Sussex
  • Pupils: 1458
  • Religion: Does not apply
  • Open days: Open day is held early in October every year, check our website or call school for exact date.
  • Ofsted:
    • Latest Overall effectiveness Good 1
      • Outcomes for children and learners Good 1
      • Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good 1
      • Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding 1
      • Effectiveness of leadership and management Good 1
    • 1 Full inspection 13th September 2022
  • Previous Ofsted grade: Outstanding on 15th May 2014
  • Ofsted report: View the Ofsted report

What the school says...

As one of the leading specialist schools in the country, Millais School has an enviable reputation for academic success which was further enhanced by our designation as an 'Outstanding' school by Ofsted in 2010. Whilst we are delighted to receive such an accolade for the exceptional quality of education we provide, it also reinforces the message we constantly give to our pupils - namely to set their sights high.

We are confident that our aspirations for your daughter will challenge and inspire her. We hope that she will leave us as a happy, enthusiastic individual who has achieved her academic potential, with confidence, skills and values she needs to succeed in an ever changing world.

The governors, staff, pupils, parents and I are very proud of this school and its achievements. We make exceptional claims but if you take the opportunity to come and see for yourselves, then I think you will share our enthusiasm. I look forward to meeting you. Further information is available on the Millais website.

Leon Nettley
Headteacher
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Who came from where

Who goes where

Interpreting catchment maps

The maps show in colour where the pupils at a school came from*. Red = most pupils to Blue = fewest.

Where the map is not coloured we have no record in the previous three years of any pupils being admitted from that location based on the options chosen.

For help and explanation of our catchment maps see: Catchment maps explained

Further reading

If there are more applicants to a school than it has places for, who gets in is determined by which applicants best fulfil the admissions criteria.

Admissions criteria are often complicated, and may change from year to year. The best source of information is usually the relevant local authority website, but once you have set your sights on a school it is a good idea to ask them how they see things panning out for the year that you are interested in.

Many schools admit children based on distance from the school or a fixed catchment area. For such schools, the cut-off distance will vary from year to year, especially if the school give priority to siblings, and the pattern will be of a central core with outliers (who will mostly be siblings). Schools that admit on the basis of academic or religious selection will have a much more scattered pattern.

*The coloured areas outlined in black are Census Output Areas. These are made up of a group of neighbouring postcodes, which accounts for their odd shapes. These provide an indication, but not a precise map, of the school’s catchment: always refer to local authority and school websites for precise information.

The 'hotter' the colour the more children have been admitted.

Children get into the school from here:

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most years
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sometimes, but not in this year


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