Thomas Gainsborough School
Ofsted: Strong
Score
C65
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Sudbury, CO10 0NH
- Distance
- 2.9km away
Ormiston Sudbury Academy
Tudor Road, Sudbury, CO10 1NW
Local ranking29th of 43 secondary schools in Suffolk
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
800
Capacity
11-19
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · 2023 A-levels · Ofsted inspection 24 February 2026. Figures last updated .
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
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 43.2 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 34.0% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 55.3% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 141
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%
After A-Levels 2022-23
- Sustained education/employment
- 86.0%
- Higher education
- 50.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 14.0%
- Employment
- 21.0%
- Not sustained
- 14.0%
A-Level Results
2022-23*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
2
A-Level Students
- 16-18 Cohort
- 1
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 679
- Boys
- 390 (55%)
- Girls
- 320 (45%)
- Capacity
- 800 (89% 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
*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
- 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
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- 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
Contact & Location
Tudor Road
Sudbury, East of England
Administrative
- URN
- 138506
- UKPRN
- 10038447
- Establishment No.
- 4008
- Trust
- ORMISTON ACADEMIES TRUST
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