Thornhill Community Academy, A Share Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Feb 22 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Not available
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Kirklees
Unique reference
146365
Address
Valley Drive, WF12 0HE
Website
Not available

Pupils

Number of Pupils
929 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
52.7%
Girls
47.3%
First language not English
45.2%
Free school meals (FSM)
31.8%
Persistent absence
22.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
15.8%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 36.6%
Pakistani 34.1%
Indian 20.1%
Mixed 4.1%
Other White 1.6%
Other 1.3%
Unclassified 1.1%
Other Asian 0.9%
African 0.2%
Bangladeshi 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.3
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.11
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 49%
Local authority average 34%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 41%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 44.7
Local authority average 46.6
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 3.94
Local authority average 4.03
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)Technical Award14
Sports StudiesTechnical Award30
Health StudiesTechnical Award50
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award7
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award78
Speech & DramaTechnical Award11
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE12
Art & DesignGCSE20
BiologyGCSE40
ChemistryGCSE40
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Thornhill Community Academy, A Share Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
187
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
179
2nd preference
48
3rd preference
29
From another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
172
2nd preference
13
3rd preference
2
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 classes21.8
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
204
105
99
Year 8
189
95
94
Year 9
179
105
74
Year 10
177
92
85
Year 11
180
93
87
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
83.0%
85.8%
86.5%
Further education
46.0%
29.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
8.0%
16.0%
37.9%
Sixth form college
28.0%
39.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.4%
0.9%
Entering employment
6.0%
3.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
4.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
6.0%
5.3%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
0.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

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