Thornaby Academy

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Requires improvement
Jun 7 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
Stockton-on-Tees
Unique reference
148186
Address
Baysdale Road, Thornaby, TS17 9DB

Pupils

Number of Pupils
492 (62% of total capacity)
Boys
49.2%
Girls
50.8%
First language not English
9.6%
Free school meals (FSM)
63.4%
Persistent absence
42.4%
Special education needs (SEN)
16.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 77%
Mixed 5.8%
African 4.5%
Other Asian 3.9%
Pakistani 3.7%
Indian 2.4%
Other White 1.2%
Other 0.6%
Unclassified 0.4%
Irish Traveller 0.2%
Gypsy/Roma 0.2%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.51
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 23%
Local authority average 43%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 25%
Local authority average 48%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 33.9
Local authority average 45.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.85
Local authority average 4
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award12
Art & DesignGCSE25
English LanguageGCSE85
English LiteratureGCSE85
D&T Food TechnologyGCSE11
GeographyGCSE42
HistoryGCSE38
MathematicsGCSE85
Art & Design (Photography)GCSE21
Religious StudiesGCSE18
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Thornaby Academy

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
114
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
63
2nd preference
17
3rd preference
14
From another Local Authority
2
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
63
2nd preference
3
3rd preference
0
To another Local Authority
1
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 classes24.7
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
90
42
48
Year 8
121
62
59
Year 9
105
51
54
Year 10
86
45
41
Year 11
90
42
48
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
71.0%
83.1%
85.6%
Further education
61.0%
55.9%
35.4%
School sixth form
0.0%
14.6%
36.6%
Sixth form college
10.0%
12.4%
13.0%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.3%
0.5%
Entering employment
6.0%
4.8%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
3.0%
4.0%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
19.0%
7.7%
5.9%
Destination unknown
1.0%
0.3%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

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