The Nelson Thomlinson School is a secondary school located in Wigton. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are outstanding. The school inspection was carried out on 17/05/2013. The overall pupil absence from this school is 5.5%, which is 1.5 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: High Street, Wigton, CA7 9PX
Website: http://nts.cumbria.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01697342160
School Type: Voluntary controlled school
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Cumbria
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Sam Northwood
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 112397

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 17/05/2013

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1350
Number of Pupils: 1263
Number of Boys: 614
Number of Girls: 649

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 5.5% 4%
Persistent absence: 12.7% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

: 0.17 Confidence interval 0 to 0.34
Of the 226 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 221 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:57%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:97%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:49%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:50.9
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.72
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Thomlinson Junior School
The Goose Market , High Street CA7 9PG
3out of 4 356 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Wigton Infant School
Longthwaite Road , CA7 9JR
2out of 4 466 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School
Eastend , CA7 9HZ
3out of 4 778 yd Voluntary aided school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
The Nelson Thomlinson School
High Street , CA7 9PX
4out of 4 0 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.