Sir John Thursby Community College
Eastern Avenue, Burnley, BB10 2AT
Local ranking43rd of 86 secondary schools in Lancashire
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1125
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 41.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 30.9%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 50.7%
- Entering EBacc
- 78.8%
- EBacc APS
- 3.8
- Cohort Size
- 217
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Continued in education
- 86.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 1.0%
- Employment
- 1.0%
- Not sustained
- 10.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1118
- Boys
- 599 (54%)
- Girls
- 519 (46%)
- Capacity
- 1125 (99% full)
- SEND
- 11.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 39.6%
- EAL
- 73.3%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.3%
- SEN Support
- 8.7%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 14.1:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 79.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £10,094/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.4%
- Persistent Absence
- 26.3%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Foundation school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- Asian Pakistani: 62.4%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 18.2%
- White British: 6.9%
- Mixed White & Asian: 3.9%
- White Other: 2.1%
- Other: 2.1%
- Asian Other: 1.7%
- Mixed Other: 0.7%
62.4%
Asian Pakistani
18.2%
Asian Bangladeshi
6.9%
White British
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 134996
- UKPRN
- 10017333
- Establishment No.
- 4803