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Mill Hill County High School

Secondary · London · NW7 4LL

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Strong standard

Report-card inspection (current system, from November 2025)

The headline grade shown is the Achievement area of the school's report card.

Safeguarding: MetCurriculum & teaching: Expected standardAchievement: Strong standardAttendance & behaviour: Strong standardPersonal development: Expected standardInclusion: Expected standardLeadership & governance: Expected standardEarly years: Not applicablePost-16: Expected standard

Inspected 11 November 2025 · report published 26 January 2026

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At a glance

1,628 pupils · 106% of 1,538 capacity (over capacity) (January 2026 census)

School type
Academy converter
Age range
11–18
Gender
Mixed
Admissions
Non-selective
Free school meals
21.5% of pupils (January 2026)
English as additional language
32.3% of pupils (2024/2025)
SEN support
2.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
EHC plan
4.2% of pupils (2024/2025)
Sixth form
Yes
Website
www.mhchs.org.uk
URN
137386

In figures

For September 2026 entry, 324 families named it first for 232 Year 7 places, 1.40 first choices per place. Its last Year 7 place offered on distance for 2025 entry went to 1.23 miles; distance decided places in 11 of the 11 years of Year 7 rounds we hold, 2015 to 2025. At its report-card inspection on 11 November 2025, under the system Ofsted introduced in November 2025, the Achievement area was judged Strong standard. In the 2025/26 autumn and spring terms its pupils missed 5.5% of sessions, against 6.6% across England.

Admissions demand: Year 7 entry, September 2026

1.40 first-choice applications per place

232 places offered · 324 first-choice applications · oversubscribed

First-choice applications per place, by entry year

19/20
20/21
21/22
22/23
23/24
24/25
25/26
26/27

Source: DfE applications and offers on national offer day · how demand is measured

Catchment area

Catchment area: not named in the council's figures. Places by distance, last offered at 1.23 miles for 2025 entry.

Admissions cutoff distance: Year 7

Last child offered a place under the distance criterion (2025 entry) lived within 1.23 miles

measurement method not stated by the council.

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Source: the admissions authority's published figures · how cutoffs work

GCSE results (2024/2025)

239 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in 2024/2025

Attainment 8 score
61.2
England 46.1
Grade 4 or above in English & maths GCSEs
86.6%
England 64.8%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
75.3%
England 45.4%
EBacc average point score
5.9
England 4.1

Progress 8 is suspended nationally for 2024/25 and 2025/26. These cohorts sat no key stage 2 tests (COVID), so there is no baseline to measure progress from.

A-level results (2024/2025)

A-level points per entry (England: 35 ≈ B-) B-
37.2
England 35

Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · what “suppressed” means

Schools with a similar intake

Attainment 8, 2024/2025

This school61.2
Median of its 12 closest peers50.7
Barnet average58.2
England46.1

On attainment 8, this school is ahead of the schools that teach a comparable intake.

They are matched on intake, not location, so most are not local: see nearby schools for those you could apply to.

SchoolOfstedAttainment 8
William Perkin Church of England High SchoolGreenford · 8 miles awayOutstanding62.5
Valentines High SchoolIlford · 14 miles awayExceptional59.3
Tolworth Girls' School and Sixth FormSurbiton · 18 miles awayOutstanding57.5
Hellesdon High SchoolNorwich · 96 miles awayRequires improvement40.3
Ada Lovelace Church of England High SchoolLondon · 8 miles awayOutstanding64.4
The Thetford AcademyThetford · 70 miles awayGood42.4
The Frances Bardsley Academy for GirlsRomford · 20 miles awayGood51.4
Blackfen School for GirlsSidcup · 20 miles awayGood44.1
Trinity CofE High SchoolManchester · 152 miles awayGood50
Harris Academy OckendonSouth Ockendon · 24 miles awayOutstanding47.3
The Westgate SchoolSlough · 18 miles awayGood40.6
Cambourne Village CollegeCambridge · 41 miles awayOutstanding51.7

It is not a ranking. Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025 · how the matching works

Pupils by ethnicity (January 2026)

Any other White background 18% (Barnet 20%, England 7%) · Any other ethnic group 15% (Barnet 12%, England 3%) · Any other Mixed background 14% (Barnet 7%, England 3%) · White British 13% (Barnet 23%, England 59%) · Asian Indian 9% (Barnet 8%, England 4%) · Black African 8% (Barnet 8%, England 5%) · Any other Asian background 5% (Barnet 4%, England 3%) · Asian Pakistani 4% (Barnet 2%, England 5%) · Asian Chinese 3% (Barnet 2%, England 1%) · Mixed White and Asian 3% (Barnet 3%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black Caribbean 2% (Barnet 1%, England 2%) · Mixed White and Black African 2% (Barnet 1%, England 1%) · Black Caribbean 2% (Barnet 2%, England 1%) · Any other Black background 1% (Barnet 1%, England 1%) · Asian Bangladeshi 1% (Barnet 1%, England 2%) · Not recorded 1% (Barnet 2%, England 2%) · White Irish 1% (Barnet 1%, England 0%)

Source: DfE schools, pupils and their characteristics, January 2026 census · how to read these figures

Attendance (2025/26 autumn and spring terms)

Sessions missed (overall absence)
5.5%
England 6.6%
Pupils missing 10%+ of sessions (persistent absence)
12.9%
England 17.5%

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

7.33 suspensions per 100 pupils and 4 permanent exclusions · England, secondary schools: 21.24 suspensions and 0.23 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils · Barnet: 9.29 suspensions and 0.08 permanent exclusions per 100 pupils

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Source: DfE pupil absence data, autumn and spring terms, and DfE suspensions and permanent exclusions, school-level file · how absence is measured · how to read exclusions

Staffing

Pupils per qualified teacher
17.7
England 18.5

Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.

Teacher retention (2024/25)

88% of teachers stayed at the school the following year · 4% moved to another state school · 8% left the state-funded sector

Vacancies (November 2025)

0% of teaching posts vacant, 0% filled temporarily · England, secondary academies: 0.45% vacant, 0.33% temporary

Teacher sickness absence (reported in the November 2024 census)

78.9% of teachers took sickness absence, 9.7 days each on average · England, all state-funded schools: 61.8%, 8.1 days

Teacher pay (November 2025)

Mean salary of full-time qualified teachers £56,024; 8.5% on the leadership pay range · England, secondary schools: £53,766, 11.3%

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Source: DfE School Workforce Census · how these figures are counted

Spending per pupil (2024-25)

This school£8,204
Typical secondary school£7,846

Where the money went (2024-25)

Share of spending, with the median for secondary schools in brackets: Staff 80% (77%) · premises 6% (5%) · occupation (energy, rates, cleaning) 3% (6%) · supplies and services 11% (11%) · educational supplies 6% (6%) · bought-in professional services 2% (1%) · catering 2% (3%)

Reserves (2024-25)

Revenue reserve £1,580,000; in-year balance -£105,000

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Higher spending is not a measure of quality. Source: academy finance return, 2024-25, DfE · how spending is compared

Where pupils go after GCSEs

In sustained education, work or training
97%
Continuing in education
96%
Apprenticeship
0%
Employment
1%

Where students go after sixth form

To university / higher education
68%
Apprenticeship
2%
Employment
16%
Any sustained destination
87%

Destinations measured the year after leaving, DfE destination measures in the 2024/2025 performance tables.

Inspection history since 2015

Source: Ofsted management information · ungraded visits and the two inspection systems

The area around the school

Child poverty (IDACI)
6/10around the middle for England
Overall deprivation (IMD)
6/10around the middle for England
Census 2021This areaEngland
Adults with a degree or higher47.1%33.9%
Adults with no qualifications13.9%18.1%
In managerial or professional work39.9%33.2%
Households deprived in two or more ways14.2%18.1%
Residents in very good health55.7%48.5%
Homes owned by the occupier70.6%62.3%
Social housing13.3%17.1%
Privately rented16.1%20.5%
Detached houses20.5%22.9%
Flats9.8%22.2%
Homes with four or more bedrooms47.4%21.1%
Households with no car or van10%23.5%

These figures describe the area, not the pupils. Source: Census 2021 (ONS) and English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG) for small area E01000228 · how to read area figures

What homes cost nearby

Median sale price
£955,000119 sales within 1 km, January 2024 to September 2026
Typical range
£672,500–£1,400,000the middle half of sales
England median
£300,000all sales over the same period
Detached (50)£1,425,000
Semi-detached (51)£870,000
Terraced (8)£698,500
Flat (10)£362,500

Homes around this school are among the dearest tenth of school neighbourhoods in England, comparing the median within 1 km across every state school.

Source: HM Land Registry sales within 1 km since January 2024 · how sales are counted. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Postcodes located with OS Code-Point Open: contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026; contains Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026; contains National Statistics data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Roads around the school

Child pedestrian casualties
1an urban school averages 2.0
Collisions at school-run times
2an urban school averages 5.7
All reported collisions
6an urban school averages 30.5
Of those, serious or fatal
0an urban school averages 6.1

A high count usually reflects traffic, not an unsafe school. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions within 500 m, 2021–2025 · what is counted

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