Sir John Nelthorpe School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 18 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 19 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
North Lincolnshire
Unique reference
118112
Address
Grammar School Road, DN20 8AA

Pupils

Number of Pupils
830 (94% of total capacity)
Boys
50.8%
Girls
49.2%
First language not English
1.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
20.1%
Persistent absence
24.2%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 94.7%
Other White 2.4%
Mixed 1.5%
Unclassified 0.6%
Other Asian 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
African 0.1%
Other 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.15
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 52%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 42%
Local authority average 38%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45.1
Local authority average 42.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.06
Local authority average 3.62
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award29
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE38
BiologyGCSE27
ChemistryGCSE26
English LanguageGCSE139
English LiteratureGCSE137
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE23
FrenchGCSE48
GeographyGCSE85
GermanGCSE26
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Sir John Nelthorpe School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
190
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
176
2nd preference
104
3rd preference
29
From another Local Authority
40
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
176
2nd preference
12
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
18
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 classes21.9
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
191
88
103
Year 8
151
72
79
Year 9
153
89
64
Year 10
134
71
63
Year 11
150
80
70
Year 12
26
10
16
Year 13
22
11
11
Year 14
3
1
2
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
90.0%
82.3%
86.5%
Further education
34.0%
35.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
22.0%
5.5%
37.9%
Sixth form college
34.0%
41.1%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.4%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
4.4%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
8.0%
5.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
6.9%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
0.6%
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
80.0%
42.5%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
24.0%
7.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
24.0%
5.9%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.2%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
5.7%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
5.0%
1.0%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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