Thomas Estley Community College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jan 29 2019 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Leicestershire
Unique reference
138527
Address
Station Road, Broughton Astley, LE9 6PT

Pupils

Number of Pupils
901 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
53.1%
Girls
46.9%
First language not English
2.8%
Free school meals (FSM)
15.4%
Persistent absence
28.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
18.2%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 91.2%
Mixed 4%
Other White 2%
Unclassified 0.8%
Indian 0.7%
African 0.6%
Irish 0.2%
Pakistani 0.2%
Chinese 0.2%
Other Asian 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.24
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.09
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 75%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 47%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 46.5
Local authority average 45.8
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.29
Local authority average 4.03
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE17
BiologyGCSE24
ChemistryGCSE24
Social Science: CitizenshipGCSE24
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE15
Design & TechnologyGCSE32
DanceGCSE4
EconomicsGCSE14
English LanguageGCSE170
English LiteratureGCSE170
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Thomas Estley Community College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
173
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
193
2nd preference
123
3rd preference
102
From another Local Authority
7
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
172
2nd preference
1
3rd preference
0
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 classes23.2
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
181
97
84
Year 8
183
92
91
Year 9
178
92
86
Year 10
177
94
83
Year 11
182
103
79
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
87.0%
85.3%
86.5%
Further education
40.0%
39.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
24.0%
34.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
22.0%
10.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
8.0%
4.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
1.0%
4.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
1.0%
1.2%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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