Mildenhall College Academy, Mildenhall

In 2026, pupils at Mildenhall College Academy averaged an Attainment 8 score of 39.5, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 43.4 in Suffolk and 47 across England.

31% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 40% in Suffolk and 47% in England.

That is up from 37.4 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was -0.29: pupils made below average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 33.1, against 41.6 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 8.5 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 25 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Combined Science, History and Food Preparation and Nutrition.

For September 2026 entry, 226 families put Mildenhall College Academy as their first choice and 281 named it as one of their preferences, for 240 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. Every family who put it first was offered a place there for 2026 entry.

Mildenhall College Academy is one of 21 schools run by Academy Transformation Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 40 in 2024/25.

Of the 201 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 87% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 59% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

Of the 84 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 39% went on to university or other higher education, 4% to apprenticeships and 29% into work. 3% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

9.8% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (76%) and Mixed (6%).

There is no railway, tram or Underground station within about three miles of Mildenhall College Academy.

4 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Lark Road (adjacent), 280 metres away.

In August 2026, police recorded 91 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and other theft. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Suffolk (32), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Mildenhall College Academy issued 571 suspensions, 42.7 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 6 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Mildenhall College Academy are St Mary's Church of England Academy (0.7 miles) and Great Heath Academy (0.9 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.