Thorp Academy
Main Road, Ryton, NE40 3AH
Local ranking4th of 9 secondary schools in Gateshead
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1511
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 47.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 54.2%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 75.7%
- Entering EBacc
- 39.0%
- EBacc APS
- 4.3
- Cohort Size
- 251
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 90.0%
- Continued in education
- 80.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 7.0%
- Employment
- 3.0%
- Not sustained
- 8.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 89.0%
- Higher education
- 56.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 11.0%
- Employment
- 18.0%
- Not sustained
- 9.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25C
Avg A-Level Grade
31.3
Avg Points/Entry
33.5
Best 3 A-Levels
58
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 22.6%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 34.1
- 16-18 Cohort
- 146
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1496
- Boys
- 786 (53%)
- Girls
- 710 (47%)
- Capacity
- 1511 (99% full)
- SEND
- 17.2%
- FSM Eligible
- 25.7%
- EAL
- 2.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.7%
- SEN Support
- 14.5%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 19.2:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 78.4
- Budget per Pupil
- £6,962/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 10.3%
- Persistent Absence
- 25.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- 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: 2.4%
- Other: 2.4%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.4%
- Mixed Other: 0.7%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.5%
- Black African: 0.5%
- Mixed White & Black Caribbean: 0.4%
89.5%
White British
2.4%
White Other
2.4%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 141185
- UKPRN
- 10046909
- Establishment No.
- 4001
- Trust
- NORTHERN EDUCATION TRUST