Thorns Collegiate Academy is a secondary school located in Brierley Hill. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's quality of education and outcomes for pupils are requires improvement, overall effectiveness and management effectiveness are inadequate. The school inspection was carried out on 05/05/2016. The overall pupil absence from this school is 7.7%, which is 3.7 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Stockwell Avenue, Brierley Hill, DY5 2NU
Website: www.thornsca.org.uk
Telephone: 01384987973
School Type: Academy sponsor led
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Dudley
Headteacher / Principal: Mr Manny Kelay
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 143818

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 05/05/2016

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 16
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1350
Number of Pupils: 867
Number of Boys: 436
Number of Girls: 431

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 7.7% 4%
Persistent absence: 23.9% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: -0.09 Confidence interval -0.28 to 0.09
Of the 196 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 190 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:16%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:30%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:43.9
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.42
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
2out of 4Thorns Primary School
Thorns Road, Quarry Bank DY5 2JY 		181 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
3out of 4Mount Pleasant Primary School
Mount Pleasant, Quarry Bank DY5 2YN 		779 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School
3out of 4Withymoor Primary School
Gayfield Avenue, Off Turners Lane DY5 2BH 		820 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
3out of 4St Mary's RC Primary School
Mill Street, DY5 2TH 		1,077 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
3out of 4Peters Hill Primary School
Peters Hill Road, Amblecote DY5 2QH 		1,256 yd Community school Yes Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
1out of 4Thorns Collegiate Academy
Stockwell Avenue, DY5 2NU 		0 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
3out of 4The Pedmore High School
Grange Lane, Pedmore DY9 7HS 		2,270 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
4out of 4Redhill School
Junction Road, DY8 1JX 		2,338 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
3out of 4The Wordsley School Business & Enterprise & Music College
Brierley Hill Road, Wordsley DY8 5SP 		2,883 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
3out of 4Old Swinford Hospital
Heath Lane, DY8 1QX 		2,896 yd Voluntary aided school No Mixed More About School

16 plus

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
- not ratedKing Edward VI College Stourbridge
Lower High Street, DY8 1TD 		2,556 yd Academy 16-19 converter No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
4out of 4The Old Park School
Thorns Road, DY5 2JY 		286 yd Community special school No Mixed More About School
- not ratedBlack Country Wheels School
Units 3 & 4, Gainsborough Trading Estate DY9 7ND 		2,182 yd Other independent school No Mixed More About School
- not ratedGlasshouse College
Wollaston Road, Amblecote DY8 4HF 		2,687 yd Special post 16 institution Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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