Mildenhall College Academy

Mildenhall College Academy has demonstrated consistent performance as a good school, maintaining a supportive and positive environment for its pupils. The school has effectively implemented an ambitious curriculum across various subjects, with a focus on building students' knowledge and skills from key stage 3 through to the sixth form. Pupils report enjoying strong relationships with staff, the availability of support through peer mentoring, and a wide range of extracurricular activities that enhance their educational experience. However, there are some concerns regarding the delivery of the curriculum in key stage 3 and inconsistent behavior management among teachers, which can affect the learning environment in some classes.

Strengths

• Strong positive relationships between pupils and adults.
• Effective peer mentoring scheme supporting younger pupils.
• Ambitious curriculum well-implemented in most subjects.
• Teachers demonstrate a secure understanding of standards for pupil achievement.
• Robust support for reading fluency and literacy across subjects.
• Well-planned personal development curriculum.

Areas for Improvement

• Key stage 3 curriculum lacks ambition in some areas.
• Inconsistent application of behavior policy among some teachers.
• Some pupils experience disruption to learning in key stage 3.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Mildenhall College Academy attended 91.9% of sessions (the national figure for secondary schools was 91.6%). 22.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 23.4%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 13.2% of pupils at Mildenhall College Academy were suspended at least once (nationally 7.3%). 6 pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Mildenhall College Academy had 15.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for secondary schools was 16.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 7.6% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 14.1%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 11.9% of pupils at Mildenhall College Academy were on SEN support (nationally 14.1%) and 4.6% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 3.5%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded secondary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 Mildenhall College Academy received £7,633 and spent £7,836 for each of its 1,340 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £238,000 (£178 per pupil).

Across all 21 schools of Academy Transformation Trust, income was £9,055 and spending £8,540 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Mildenhall College Academy is part of Academy Transformation Trust, which runs 21 schools. The nearest others:

• Great Heath Academy Bury St Edmunds
• Beck Row Primary Academy Bury St Edmunds
• Iceni Primary Academy Hockwold Cum Wilton
• Iceni Secondary Academy Thetford
• The Nicholas Hamond Academy Swaffham
• Westbourne Academy Ipswich
• Kingsmoor Academy Harlow
• Ravens Academy Clacton-On-Sea
• The Hathaway Academy Grays
• The Dukeries Academy Newark

What is Mildenhall College Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Mildenhall College Academy is Good, from an inspection in June 2024.

When was Mildenhall College Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Mildenhall College Academy was last inspected in June 2024.

How many pupils does Mildenhall College Academy have?

Mildenhall College Academy has 1,317 pupils on roll.

What age range does Mildenhall College Academy cover?

Mildenhall College Academy for pupils aged 11 to 18.

What are Mildenhall College Academy's GCSE results?

In 2026 its average Attainment 8 score was 39.5, and 31% of pupils achieved grade 5 or above in both English and maths GCSE.

Where is Mildenhall College Academy?

Mildenhall College Academy is at The Hub, Sheldrick Way, Mildenhall, Suffolk, IP28 7JX.