Houses
Millfield is predominantly a boarding school with around 80% of its pupils as full or weekly boarders. The house system is based on gender and status as a day pupil or boarder. Some houses are mostly for Year 9-11 boarders and a few are exclusively for Sixth Formers. The boarding houses are supervised by house parents and assisted by tutors, who are pupils chosen by their respective years. Each house generally has around 40-50 pupils.
There are fourteen boys' houses and nine girls' houses. The oldest house is Millfield, which is the original building the school first began operating in. It was founded in 1935 and is one of two sixth form boys' boarding houses.
- Girls
| House | Year Groups1 | Day/Boarding |
|---|---|---|
| Abbey | Senior | Boarding |
| Acacia | Senior | Boarding |
| Kernick | Senior | Boarding |
| The Lakes | Mixed | Day |
| Martins | Mixed | Boarding |
| Overleigh | Mixed | Day |
| Portway | Sixth Form | Boarding |
| Southfield | Senior | Boarding |
| Warner | Senior | Boarding |
- Boys
| House | Year Group1 | Day/Boarding |
|---|---|---|
| Butleigh | Senior | Boarding |
| Etonhurst | Senior | Boarding |
| The Grange | Sixth Form | Boarding |
| Great | Senior | Day |
| Holmcroft | Senior | Boarding |
| Joan's Kitchen | Senior | Boarding |
| Keen's Elm | Senior | Boarding |
| Kingweston | Senior | Boarding |
| Mill | Senior | Day |
| Millfield | Sixth Form | Boarding |
| Orchards | Senior | Boarding |
| St Anne's | Senior | Boarding |
| Shapwick | Senior | Boarding |
| Walton | Senior | Boarding |
1 "Senior" denotes Year 9 to Upper Sixth (Year 13); "Sixth Form" denotes Lower and Upper Sixth only.
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