Sixth Form: General Information

Mill Hill County High is a co-educational school. It occupies a spacious site of twenty-one acres with extensive playing fields on the edge of the green belt.  There are over 1,700 students on roll, including 490 in the Sixth Form.

The School traces its origins to the opening in 1931 of Orange Hill Boys’ Grammar School which subsequently combined with Orange Hill Girls’ Grammar School to become Orange Hill Senior and Junior High Schools. In 1984 these in turn merged with Moat Mount School to become Mill Hill County High School. We are proud of an excellent tradition of education over three quarters of a century and we have some very distinguished alumnae who keep in contact with the school.

Following the Ofsted inspection in 2007 the School’s Sixth Form is described in the report as having, ‘…exceptionally high standards’.  Mill Hill County High is consistently ranked as one of the top performing comprehensive schools in the country and once again last summer the examination results demonstrated that it is one of the UK’s most successful sixth forms.

Figures produced by the Sutton Trust show that Mill Hill County High has one of the highest proportions of students gaining places at ’Highly Selective Universities’ in the UK. This includes the very high number who gain places at either Oxford or Cambridge universities.

In 1994, the School became one of the first secondary schools to gain the prestigious award of Technology College status.  As such the School receives additional funding; this allows all students to benefit from the increased availability of Information Communication Technology (ICT). In 2008 the School was awarded Language College status and as a result has been able to significantly enhance its provision for modern linguists.

Facilities

Our students benefit from excellent specialist accommodation within the school. In 1995 the Fey Centre for Business and ICT was opened and then in 1996, as a result of obtaining sponsorship, the School was able to develop the Weston Centre as a specialist base for post -16 Media.  During 1999 four new science laboratories and a new suite of art rooms were opened, to provide further specialist teaching facilities.  An additional new block costing over £3 million was completed in 2003 and provides a Learning Resource Centre for Sixth Form use, a Dance/Drama studio and purpose built Music rooms. Most recently state of the art technology has been installed to further develop the teaching of modern foreign languages.

The Sixth Form Centre, which includes a spacious common room, equipped with satellite television, provides a focal point for social activities in a pleasant and relaxing environment.  The new Dining Hall Gallery provides an all day cafeteria facility for sixth formers.  

Post 16 Provision

We believe the Sixth Form should be a good preparation for university and the world of work. It is a half-way stage between compulsory education, where the timetable dictates what students do for the whole day, and university, where students arrange their own working patterns.  The arrangements at Mill Hill County High reflect this.  We believe that all students should have an adequate workload and in practice, this means for a Year 12 student studying an A level course, at least 4 subjects together with a Core Curriculum.