High Tunstall College of Science
General Info
- Education Phase
- Secondary
- Ofsted rating
- Good Jul 2 2021 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
- 1387 (100% of total capacity)
- Boys
- 53.3%
- Girls
- 46.7%
- First language not English
- 5%
- Free school meals (FSM)
- 27.3%
- Persistent absence
- 22.1%
- Special education needs (SEN)
- 17.3%
White British 90.5%
Mixed 1.7%
Bangladeshi 1.7%
Other Asian 1.4%
Other White 1.3%
Pakistani 0.9%
Indian 0.6%
Other 0.6%
African 0.5%
Chinese 0.4%
Unclassified 0.2%
Irish 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Exam Results
GCSE Results
Progress 8 score
- This school
- -0.63
- Local authority average, state-funded schools
- -0.46
- England average, state-funded schools
- -0.03
Entering EBacc
School 28%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%
Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs
School 30%
Local authority average 38%
England average 45%
Attainment 8 score
School 39.9
Local authority average 41.3
England average 46.3
EBacc average point score
School 3.31
Local authority average 3.53
England average 4.05
Subjects
GCSE Subjects
Subject | Qualification | Number of entries |
---|---|---|
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined) | Technical Award | 24 |
Sports Studies | Technical Award | 1 |
Health Studies | Technical Award | 44 |
Music performance: Group | Technical Award | 8 |
Arabic | GCSE | 1 |
Art & Design | GCSE | 40 |
Biology | GCSE | 55 |
Business Studies:Single | GCSE | 81 |
Chemistry | GCSE | 54 |
Social Science: Citizenship | GCSE | 25 |
Admissions
High Tunstall College of Science
- Admission Policy
- Non-selective
- Total available places
- 267
- Status
- Oversubscribed
Applications
- 1st preference
- 374
- 2nd preference
- 238
- 3rd preference
- 148
- From another Local Authority
- 8
Offers
- 1st preference
- 267
- 2nd preference
- 0
- 3rd preference
- 0
- To another Local Authority
- 1
Class sizes
Class type | Class size |
---|---|
Average size of one-teacher classes | 25.7 |
Cohort sizes
Class type | Total Boys Girls |
---|---|
Year 7 | 278 153 125 |
Year 8 | 283 140 143 |
Year 9 | 281 144 137 |
Year 10 | 272 151 121 |
Year 11 | 273 151 122 |
Participation in Education, Training, Employment
Destinations after GCSEs | School LA England |
---|---|
Staying in education | 91.0% 87.3% 86.5% |
Further education | 88.0% 75.5% 34.7% |
School sixth form | 2.0% 11.3% 37.9% |
Sixth form college | SP 0.2% 13.1% |
Other education destinations | 1.0% 0.3% 0.9% |
Entering employment | 2.0% 2.7% 3.9% |
Entering apprenticeships | 2.0% 3.1% 3.4% |
Not in education or employment | 4.0% 6.4% 5.2% |
Destination unknown | 0.0% 0.6% 1.0% |