Sir John Thursby Community College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Apr 26 2023 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
Lancashire
Unique reference
134996
Address
Eastern Avenue, BB10 2AT

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1117 (100% of total capacity)
Boys
53.7%
Girls
46.3%
First language not English
71.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
33.9%
Persistent absence
34.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
8.3%
Pupil ethnicities
Pakistani 59.8%
Bangladeshi 17.5%
White British 6.7%
Mixed 5.5%
Other White 2.6%
Other 1.9%
Unclassified 1.9%
Other Asian 1.7%
African 0.9%
Gypsy/Roma 0.7%
Other Black 0.4%
Indian 0.3%
Caribbean 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.14
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.17
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 71%
Local authority average 31%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 33%
Local authority average 43%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 41.3
Local authority average 45
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.84
Local authority average 3.88
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Animal Care (Non-Agricultural)Technical Award9
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award9
Speech & DramaTechnical Award8
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE32
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE8
BiologyGCSE52
ChemistryGCSE50
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE42
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE18
English LanguageGCSE221
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Sir John Thursby Community College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
223
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
241
2nd preference
110
3rd preference
151
From another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
212
2nd preference
10
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes22.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
218
110
108
Year 8
223
128
95
Year 9
223
126
97
Year 10
229
119
110
Year 11
224
117
107
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
90.0%
81.7%
85.6%
Further education
87.0%
49.4%
35.4%
School sixth form
3.0%
11.8%
36.6%
Sixth form college
0.0%
20.1%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.4%
0.5%
Entering employment
1.0%
5.0%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
5.7%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
6.5%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.1%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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