Thirsk School & Sixth Form College
Topcliffe Road, Sowerby, Thirsk, YO7 1RZ
Local ranking23rd of 43 secondary schools in North Yorkshire
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1255
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 43.5
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 38.8%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 58.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 45.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.9
- Cohort Size
- 165
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 94.0%
- Continued in education
- 82.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 8.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 4.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 83.0%
- Higher education
- 44.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 8.0%
- Employment
- 31.0%
- Not sustained
- 12.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C
Avg A-Level Grade
30.4
Avg Points/Entry
31.7
Best 3 A-Levels
42
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 6.3%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 35.3
- 16-18 Cohort
- 126
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1014
- Boys
- 484 (48%)
- Girls
- 530 (52%)
- Capacity
- 1255 (81% full)
- SEND
- 20.8%
- FSM Eligible
- 22.9%
- EAL
- 5.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.3%
- SEN Support
- 17.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 62.7
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,274/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 9.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 25.1%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 89.5%
- White Other: 3.5%
- Other: 3.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.6%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.5%
- Mixed Other: 0.5%
- Black African: 0.5%
- Asian Indian: 0.4%
89.5%
White British
3.5%
White Other
3.5%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 121666
- UKPRN
- 10006883
- Establishment No.
- 4035