High Tunstall College of Science
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary
- School rating
- Requires improvement Jan 28 2025 Ofsted report
- Gender
- Mixed
- Age range
- 11 - 16 y.o.
- Type
- Local authority maintained schools
- Funding
- State-funded secondary
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Religious Character
- None
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Local authority
- Hartlepool
- Unique reference
- 111748
- Address
- Elwick Road, West Park, TS26 0LQ
- Website
- http://www.htcs.org.uk/
Pupils
- Number of Pupils
- 1396 (97% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 52.7%
- Girls
- 47.3%
- First language not English
- 4.6%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 28.7%
- Persistent absence
- 16.4%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 19.3%
White British 90.5%
Bangladeshi 1.6%
Mixed 1.5%
Other Asian 1.4%
Other White 1.1%
Pakistani 1.1%
African 0.8%
Indian 0.6%
Other 0.6%
Chinese 0.5%
Unclassified 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Entering EBacc
School 20%
Local authority average 30%
England average 41%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 48%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 44.2
Local authority average 42.4
England average 45.9
EBacc average point score
School 3.67
Local authority average 3.66
England average 4.08
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
| Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
|---|---|---|
| Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | Technical Award | 44 |
| Health Studies | Technical Award | 43 |
| Music performance: Group | Technical Award | 17 |
| Additional Mathematics FSMQ | Other General Qualification (Level 3) | 13 |
| Arabic | GCSE | 1 |
| Art & Design | GCSE | 42 |
| Biology | GCSE | 58 |
| Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 111 |
| Chemistry | GCSE | 58 |
| Social Science: Citizenship | GCSE | 50 |
Admissions
High Tunstall College of Science
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 269
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 368
- 2nd preference
- 266
- 3rd preference
- 121
- From another Local Authority
- 10
Offers
- 1st preference
- 268
- 2nd preference
- 1
- 3rd preference
- 0
- To another Local Authority
- 3
Class sizes
| Class type | Class size |
|---|---|
| Average size of one-teacher classes | 24.2 |
Cohort sizes
| Class type | Total Boys Girls |
|---|---|
| Year 7 | 282 149 133 |
| Year 8 | 282 155 127 |
| Year 9 | 281 139 142 |
| Year 10 | 276 141 135 |
| Year 11 | 275 151 124 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
| Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
|---|---|
| Staying in education | 88.0% 86.3% 85.5% |
Further education | 86.0% 78.4% 36.9% |
School sixth form | 2.0% 7.4% 35.2% |
Sixth form college | SP 0.4% 12.9% |
Other education destinations | 0.0% 0.1% 0.5% |
| Entering employment | 3.0% 1.4% 2.6% |
| Entering apprenticeships | 1.0% 3.3% 3.3% |
| Not in education or employment | 6.0% 6.8% 5.7% |
| Destination unknown | 2.0% 2.3% 3.0% |