The Nelson Thomlinson School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 18 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Cumberland
Unique reference
112397
Address
High Street, CA7 9PX

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1192 (90% of total capacity)
Boys
46.8%
Girls
53.2%
First language not English
3.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
11.5%
Persistent absence
34.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 93.1%
Other White 2.8%
Unclassified 1.3%
Mixed 0.8%
African 0.8%
Pakistani 0.3%
Other 0.3%
Other Asian 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Indian 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.11
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.28
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 34%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 45%
Local authority average 37%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 46.5
Local authority average 43.2
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.17
Local authority average 3.81
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Engineering StudiesTechnical Award23
Health StudiesTechnical Award5
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE31
BiologyGCSE55
Business Studies:SingleGCSE63
ChemistryGCSE55
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE32
Design & TechnologyGCSE10
English LanguageGCSE191
English LiteratureGCSE190
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

The Nelson Thomlinson School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
198
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
194
2nd preference
59
3rd preference
31
From another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
194
2nd preference
3
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes19.6
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
201
101
100
Year 8
191
92
99
Year 9
207
97
110
Year 10
203
100
103
Year 11
208
101
107
Year 12
87
29
58
Year 13
95
38
57
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
79.0%
n/a
86.5%
Further education
25.0%
n/a
34.7%
School sixth form
52.0%
n/a
37.9%
Sixth form college
SP
n/a
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
n/a
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
n/a
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
12.0%
n/a
3.4%
Not in education or employment
2.0%
n/a
5.2%
Destination unknown
SP
n/a
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
70.0%
n/a
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
27.0%
n/a
19.7%
Russell Group
23.0%
n/a
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
n/a
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
n/a
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
6.0%
n/a
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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