Thomas Gainsborough School is a secondary school located in Sudbury. 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 20/09/2017. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.9%, which is 0.9 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Wells Hall Road, Sudbury

School Information

Address: Wells Hall Road, Sudbury, CO10 0NH
Website: http://tgschool.net/
Telephone: 01787375232
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Suffolk
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Helen Yapp
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 141639

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 20/09/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1400
Number of Pupils: 1574
Number of Boys: 764
Number of Girls: 810

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.9% 4%
Persistent absence: 11.1% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Above Average: 0.19 Confidence interval 0.02 to 0.36
Of the 223 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 217 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:45%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:93%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:48%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:47.7
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:4.18
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Wells Hall Primary School
Wells Hall Road , Great Cornard CO10 0NH 		3out of 4 116 yd Academy sponsor led Yes Mixed More About School
Pot Kiln Primary School
Butt Road , Great Cornard CO10 0DS 		3out of 4 1,224 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
St Gregory Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Church Street , CO10 2BJ 		3out of 4 2,680 yd Voluntary controlled school Yes Mixed More About School
St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School
Beaconsfield Road , CO10 1JP 		3out of 4 2,901 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School
Tudor Church of England Primary School, Sudbury
Tudor Road , CO10 1NL 		3out of 4 2,962 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Thomas Gainsborough School
Wells Hall Road , Great Cornard CO10 0NH 		3out of 4 0 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Ormiston Sudbury Academy
Tudor Road , CO10 1NW 		3out of 4 3,110 yd Academy sponsor led Not Applicable Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Chalk Hill
Cats Lane , CO10 2SF 		- not rated 1,351 yd Academy alternative provision sponsor led Not Applicable Boys More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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