Thomas Gainsborough School
Ofsted: Strong
Score
C66
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Sudbury, CO10 0NH
- Distance
- 2.9km away
Ormiston Sudbury Academy
Tudor Road, Sudbury, CO10 1NW
Local ranking32nd of 43 secondary schools in Suffolk
Ofsted: Expected
Secondary
Phase
800
Capacity
11-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Needs attention
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development & wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership & governance
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
Scale: Exceptional · Strong · Expected · Needs attention · Urgent improvement
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 39.6 nat46.0
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 41.6% nat45.4%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 53.5% nat64.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 6.9% nat40.5%
- EBacc APS
- 3.2 nat4.1
- Cohort Size
- 101
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 87.0%
- Continued in education
- 76.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 7.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
A-Level Results
2022-23*Data not available for 2024-25 — showing latest available results
2
A-Level Students
- 16-18 Cohort
- 1
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 679
- Boys
- 374 (55%)
- Girls
- 305 (45%)
- Capacity
- 800 (85% full)
- SEND
- 20.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 34.0%
- EAL
- 6.0%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.8%
- SEN Support
- 16.2%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 16.6:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 40.9
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,423/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 8.3% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 24.5% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- Not applicable
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- Not applicable
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 87.0%
- Mixed Other: 4.6%
- White Other: 2.5%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.6%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 1.0%
- Other: 0.9%
- Asian Bangladeshi: 0.6%
- Black African: 0.6%
87.0%
White British
4.6%
Mixed Other
2.5%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Tudor Road
Sudbury, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 138506
- UKPRN
- 10038447
- Establishment No.
- 4008
- Trust
- ORMISTON ACADEMIES TRUST
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