Thorpe St Andrew School and Sixth Form

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Jul 6 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Norfolk
Unique reference
143278
Address
Laundry Lane, Thorpe St Andrew, NR7 0XS

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1804 (94% of total capacity)
Boys
51.6%
Girls
48.4%
First language not English
9.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
12.6%
Persistent absence
26.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.6%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 77.9%
Mixed 8.5%
Other White 6.9%
African 1.4%
Bangladeshi 1%
Other 0.9%
Indian 0.8%
Chinese 0.8%
Other Asian 0.6%
Other Black 0.6%
Unclassified 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Pakistani 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.26
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.01
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 34%
Local authority average 42%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 56%
Local authority average 42%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 52.4
Local authority average 44.7
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 4.66
Local authority average 3.97
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award12
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award19
Speech & DramaTechnical Award20
Art & DesignGCSE25
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE18
BiologyGCSE84
Business Studies:SingleGCSE77
ChemistryGCSE84
ChineseGCSE1
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE49
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Thorpe St Andrew School and Sixth Form

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
300
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
289
2nd preference
92
3rd preference
32
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
276
2nd preference
23
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 classes20.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
292
154
138
Year 8
302
166
136
Year 9
299
158
141
Year 10
299
143
156
Year 11
277
132
145
Year 12
188
104
84
Year 13
147
74
73
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
92.0%
85.0%
86.5%
Further education
28.0%
41.4%
34.7%
School sixth form
62.0%
35.3%
37.9%
Sixth form college
SP
7.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.8%
0.9%
Entering employment
3.0%
5.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
3.6%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
5.7%
5.2%
Destination unknown
0.0%
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
60.0%
53.2%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
17.0%
12.1%
19.7%
Russell Group
15.0%
10.2%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
2.0%
0.9%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
2.0%
2.5%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
2.0%
1.2%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020

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