Thomas Gainsborough School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Sept 14 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Suffolk
Unique reference
141639
Address
Wells Hall Road, Great Cornard, CO10 0NH

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1584 (88% of total capacity)
Boys
50.4%
Girls
49.6%
First language not English
3.4%
Free school meals (FSM)
18.2%
Persistent absence
23.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 82.4%
Unclassified 8.4%
Other White 4.2%
Mixed 3.6%
Other 0.5%
Indian 0.3%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Irish 0.1%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Pakistani 0.1%
Other Asian 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
African 0.1%
Other Black 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.28
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.1
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 35%
Local authority average 28%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 55%
Local authority average 40%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 50.3
Local authority average 43.5
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.37
Local authority average 3.74
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Sports StudiesTechnical Award36
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award13
Health StudiesTechnical Award37
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE10
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE16
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE23
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE29
BengaliGCSE1
BiologyGCSE91
Business Studies:SingleGCSE106
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Thomas Gainsborough School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
274
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
297
2nd preference
87
3rd preference
21
From another Local Authority
51
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
270
2nd preference
3
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
22
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 classes21.1
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
280
132
148
Year 8
280
145
135
Year 9
279
140
139
Year 10
277
140
137
Year 11
267
143
124
Year 12
122
70
52
Year 13
79
28
51
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
86.0%
86.2%
86.5%
Further education
40.0%
38.2%
34.7%
School sixth form
33.0%
41.8%
37.9%
Sixth form college
11.0%
4.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
2.0%
1.3%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
4.1%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
3.9%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
8.0%
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
63.0%
54.3%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
17.0%
12.0%
19.7%
Russell Group
10.0%
9.9%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
1.0%
0.7%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
1.8%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
1.0%
2.7%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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