Sir John Thursby Community College is a secondary school located in Burnley. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 15/06/2016. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.7%, which is 1.7 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Eastern Avenue, Burnley, BB10 2AT
Website: http://www.sirjohnthursby.lancs.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01282682313
School Type: Foundation school
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Lancashire
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Rob Browning
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 134996

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 15/06/2016

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1125
Number of Pupils: 1129
Number of Boys: 594
Number of Girls: 535

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.7% 4%
Persistent absence: 13.6% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: 0.02 Confidence interval -0.17 to 0.2
Of the 207 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 188 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:72%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:93%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:34%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:42
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.93
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Nursery

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Basnett Street Nursery School
Basnett Street , BB10 3ES
4out of 4 560 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School
Reedley Hallows Nursery School
Burnley Campus , Barden Lane BB10 1JD
4out of 4 1,482 yd Local authority nursery school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Stoneyholme Nursery School
March Street , BB12 0BU
4out of 4 2,219 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School
Woodfield Nursery School
Sefton Street , Brierfield BB9 5BE
3out of 4 2,444 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School
Rockwood Nursery School
Kingsland Road , BB11 3PU
4out of 4 3,155 yd Local authority nursery school Yes Mixed More About School

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
St James' Lanehead Church of England Primary School
Briercliffe Road , BB10 2NH
3out of 4 760 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Heasandford Primary School
Williams Road , BB10 3DA
3out of 4 887 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
St John the Baptist RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
Thames Avenue , BB10 2PZ
- not rated 1,213 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Casterton Primary Academy
Casterton Primary Academy, Thames Avenue , BB10 2PZ
1out of 4 1,349 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Barden Primary School
Burnley Campus, Barden Lane , BB10 1JD
3out of 4 1,482 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Sir John Thursby Community College
Eastern Avenue , BB10 2AT
3out of 4 0 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School
Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic College, A Voluntary Academy
Ormerod Road , BB10 3AA
- not rated 1,406 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Unity College
Townley Holmes , BB11 3DF
3out of 4 2,548 yd Foundation school No Mixed More About School
Marsden Heights Community College
Edge End Lane , BB9 0PR
- not rated 2,892 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Burnley College
Princess Way , BB12 0AN
- not rated 2,413 yd Further education Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Ridgewood Community High School
Eastern Avenue , BB10 2AT
3out of 4 178 yd Community special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Compass Community School Lancashire
Granville Street , BB10 2RA
- not rated 1,121 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Girls More About School
Rawdhatul Uloom
Jamia Masjid-E-Farooq-Azam, North Street , BB10 1LU
- not rated 1,454 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School
Holly Grove School
Burnley Campus, Barden Lane , BB10 1JD
4out of 4 1,482 yd Community special school Yes Mixed More About School
OLIVE HIGH
63A Colne Road , BURNLEY BB10 1LJ
- not rated 1,564 yd Other independent school No Girls More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.