Millais School

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Millais School is a girls' secondary school for students aged 11–16 situated in Horsham, West Sussex, England. There is no sixth form and the number on roll is over 1500. In July 2011 the school became a National Teaching School, one of only 100 in the country. The school's catchment area serves Horsham and the villages bordering the town. The Headteacher is Dr. Alison Lodwick, and the two Deputy Heads are Mrs S. Springer and Mr. M. Sutton. Elizabeth Barnes is the Chairman of Governors.UniformA new uniform was introduced in 2007 to year 7 and was gradually integrated throughout all years, becoming compulsory for all students in the academic year 2009/10. The old uniform of a bottle green jumper and skirt with a light peach blouse and blue / green striped tie was changed to a white shirt, black jumper and green tartan skirt. An option of bottle green trousers was also created.ReputationThe school has one of the highest pass rates in Sussex and always produces outstanding exam results. During the Spring Term of 2010, the school was subject to an Ofsted inspection and was judged to be an Outstanding School.'''Millais has also had an exceptional reputation for having extremely successful hockey teams for years. Their success carried them to Nationals and they continue to play other private schools around the country.HistoryThe school's history can be traced back to 1928, around which time, the Oxford Road Senior School opened. This was a co-educational school which, in 1932 had an average attendance of 208: 116 boys and 92 girls; by 1938, this number had risen to 294: 153 boys and 141 girls. After 1944, it was split into Horsham secondary boys' and girls' schools.