Sir John Nelthorpe School
Ofsted: Good
Score
D53
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Brigg, DN20 8AA
- Distance
- 0.6km away
The Vale Academy
Atherton Way, Brigg, DN20 8AR
Local ranking2nd of 14 secondary schools in North Lincolnshire
Ofsted: GoodUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
806
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2025 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 19 April 2023. Figures last updated .
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 48.1 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 58.7% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 75.4% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 126
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 88.0%
- Continued in education
- 80.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 4.0%
- Not sustained
- 11.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 70.0%
- Higher education
- 32.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 11.0%
- Employment
- 22.0%
- Not sustained
- 19.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
C-
Avg A-Level Grade
26.3
Avg Points/Entry
nat 35.0
27.5
Best 3 A-Levels
nat 35.8
34
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 0.0% nat17.5%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 30.9
- 16-18 Cohort
- 81
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 680
- Boys
- 281 (45%)
- Girls
- 346 (55%)
- Capacity
- 806 (78% full)
- SEND
- 10.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 26.5%
- EAL
- 5.4%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.9%
- SEN Support
- 8.8%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.5:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 34.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,865/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 7.2% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 20.3% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 90.7%
- White Other: 5.0%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.7%
- Asian Pakistani: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.4%
- Other: 0.4%
- White Irish: 0.3%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.3%
90.7%
White British
5.0%
White Other
0.7%
Mixed White & Asian
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Atherton Way
Brigg, Yorkshire and the Humber
Administrative
- URN
- 137453
- UKPRN
- 10035131
- Establishment No.
- 4091
- Trust
- DELTA ACADEMIES TRUST
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