The Nelson Thomlinson School
High Street, Wigton, CA7 9PX
Local ranking4th of 19 secondary schools in Cumberland
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
—
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 46.9%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 73.7%
- Entering EBacc
- 20.1%
- EBacc APS
- 4.0
- Cohort Size
- 194
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Continued in education
- 70.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 18.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Higher education
- 46.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 15.0%
- Employment
- 17.0%
- Not sustained
- 6.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C
Avg A-Level Grade
29.3
Avg Points/Entry
30.0
Best 3 A-Levels
79
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 10.8%
- 16-18 Cohort
- 170
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1160
- Boys
- 538 (46%)
- Girls
- 622 (54%)
- SEND
- 16.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 14.2%
- EAL
- 3.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.2%
- SEN Support
- 14.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 15.8:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 73.5
- Budget per Pupil
- £8,207/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.1%
- Persistent Absence
- 23.4%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 92.7%
- White Other: 2.6%
- Other: 2.6%
- Mixed Other: 0.7%
- Asian Pakistani: 0.4%
- Asian Indian: 0.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.3%
- Asian Chinese: 0.2%
92.7%
White British
2.6%
White Other
2.6%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 112397
- UKPRN
- 10006762
- Establishment No.
- 4501