Thornaby Academy
Ofsted: Expected
Score
D51
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Location
- Stockton-on-Tees, TS17 9DB
- Distance
- 0.2km away
St Patrick's Catholic College
Officially St Patrick's Catholic College, A Voluntary Catholic Academy
Baysdale Road, Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees, TS17 9DE
Local ranking9th of 13 secondary schools in Stockton-on-Tees
Ofsted: ExpectedUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
556
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 13 January 2026. Figures last updated .
Safeguarding standards Met
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum & teaching
- Expected standard
- Attendance & behaviour
- Strong 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
- 46.0 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 47.7% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 66.4% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 107
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 77.0%
- Continued in education
- 71.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 3.0%
- Employment
- 2.0%
- Not sustained
- 18.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 550
- Boys
- 264 (47%)
- Girls
- 303 (53%)
- Capacity
- 556 (102% full)
- SEND
- 12.5%
- FSM Eligible
- 41.6%
- EAL
- 8.5%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 2.2%
- SEN Support
- 10.4%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.0:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 30.6
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,103/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
- 8.1% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 28.7% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Roman Catholic
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
Loading chart
- White British: 84.5%
- Black African: 7.3%
- White Other: 1.8%
- Asian Pakistani: 1.6%
- Other: 1.3%
- Mixed White & Asian: 0.9%
- Mixed White & Black African: 0.6%
- Asian Indian: 0.6%
84.5%
White British
7.3%
Black African
1.8%
White Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
Baysdale Road
Stockton-on-Tees, North East
Administrative
- URN
- 142281
- UKPRN
- 10053886
- Establishment No.
- 4632
- Trust
- NICHOLAS POSTGATE CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
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