Thirsk School & Sixth Form College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 3 2022 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
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
North Yorkshire
Unique reference
121666
Address
Topcliffe Road, Sowerby, YO7 1RZ

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1016 (79% of total capacity)
Boys
48.5%
Girls
51.5%
First language not English
4.5%
Free school meals (FSM)
19.2%
Persistent absence
24.0%
Special education needs (SEN)
18.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 89.4%
Other White 3.8%
Unclassified 2.3%
Mixed 1.4%
African 1%
Other 0.7%
Gypsy/Roma 0.3%
Other Asian 0.3%
Other Black 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Indian 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.04
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 45%
Local authority average 41%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 28%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 42
Local authority average 46.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.71
Local authority average 4.15
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE74
BiologyGCSE51
Business Studies:SingleGCSE65
ChemistryGCSE51
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE33
Design & TechnologyGCSE39
English LanguageGCSE193
English LiteratureGCSE185
FrenchGCSE21
GeographyGCSE82
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Thirsk School & Sixth Form College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
180
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
160
2nd preference
55
3rd preference
34
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
160
2nd preference
10
3rd preference
0
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 classes22.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
153
72
81
Year 8
201
92
109
Year 9
186
95
91
Year 10
164
83
81
Year 11
196
96
100
Year 12
62
27
35
Year 13
54
28
26
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
71.0%
83.8%
85.6%
Further education
27.0%
33.3%
35.4%
School sixth form
42.0%
37.9%
36.6%
Sixth form college
2.0%
12.0%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
11.0%
5.8%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
12.0%
5.3%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
5.0%
4.1%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.9%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
67.0%
66.8%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
29.0%
31.6%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
2.7%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
4.0%
1.8%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021

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