Thurston Community College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Mar 6 2024 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
Suffolk
Unique reference
124802
Address
Norton Road, Thurston, IP31 3PB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1499 (80% of total capacity)
Boys
51.1%
Girls
48.9%
First language not English
1.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
14.2%
Persistent absence
21.7%
Special education needs (SEN)
12.5%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 82.7%
Unclassified 11.4%
Mixed 3%
Other White 2.1%
Other 0.3%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Indian 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
African 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.14
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.1
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 13%
Local authority average 28%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 43%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 45.8
Local authority average 43.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.75
Local authority average 3.74
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award1
Speech & DramaTechnical Award30
Art & DesignGCSE46
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE30
BiologyGCSE77
ChemistryGCSE70
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE34
Design & TechnologyGCSE94
English LanguageGCSE267
English LiteratureGCSE261
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Thurston Community College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
259
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
242
2nd preference
104
3rd preference
32
From another Local Authority
9
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
242
2nd preference
9
3rd preference
6
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
247
144
103
Year 8
295
150
145
Year 9
252
131
121
Year 10
266
128
138
Year 11
268
136
132
Year 12
91
34
57
Year 13
80
43
37
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
86.2%
86.5%
Further education
37.0%
38.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
49.0%
41.8%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
4.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
1.3%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
4.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
4.0%
3.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
5.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.7%
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
68.0%
54.3%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
27.0%
12.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
24.0%
9.9%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.7%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
1.0%
1.8%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
2.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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