Millfield is a registered charity and is the largest co-educational boarding school in the UK with approximately 1,330 students, of whom over 990 are full boarders from 75 different countries.

[2] Meyer, educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College,[3] adhered to the philanthropic aim, known at the school as The Millfield Mix: "...to nurture talent by providing the very best facilities, teaching, coaching and opportunities in which young people can exercise and explore their abilities; and to give awards to those in financial need.

[9] In 2018, the school made national news when allegations of bullying arose after a student reported that Year 10 pupils were beaten with cricket bats and belts for an initiation ceremony.

[citation needed] After the parent of the student reported these allegations to the headmaster, an investigation was conducted and two pupils were suspended.

Our rigorous safeguarding procedures mean any concerns that arise at school are dealt with quickly, transparently and fairly.

A Level Results (2023): 31% A*/A grades, with 61% achieving A*-B. Millfield is predominantly a boarding school, having around 75% of its pupils as boarders.

[13] The school operates a house system, which is based on sex and status as a day pupil or boarder.

[19] 130 staff sports coaches oversee the 29 different sports on offer, including athletics, badminton, basketball, chess, clay shooting, cricket, cross country, dance, equestrian, fencing, football, golf, hockey, karate, modern pentathlon, netball, outdoor activities, rowing, rugby, ski racing, squash, swimming, tennis, trampolining and triathlon.

At the Rio Games in 2016, eight Millfieldians took part and won a total of four medals in rowing, swimming and rugby sevens.

[21] Millfield has an indoor and outdoor riding arena and golf courses, as well as a 50 metre swimming pool, which appeared as a venue in the official London 2012 Pre-Games Training Camp Guide.

[25] Meyer's philosophy was "...to nurture talent by providing the very best facilities, teaching, coaching and opportunities in which young people can exercise and explore their abilities; and to give awards to those in financial need.

"[4] A pre-preparatory department was initially started at the 19th-century house, The Hollies,[26] in the centre of Glastonbury in the mid-1980s, later moving to the main preparatory school site.