Thurstable School Sports College and Sixth Form Centre is a secondary school located in Colchester. 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 20/04/2016. The overall pupil absence from this school is 6%, which is 2 percentage points lower than the UK average.

School Information

Address: Maypole Road, Colchester, CO5 0EW
Website: http://www.thurstable.essex.sch.uk/
Telephone: 01621816526
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Essex
Headteacher / Principal: James Ketley
Religious character: None
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 137241

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 20/04/2016

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1275
Number of Pupils: 1208
Number of Boys: 624
Number of Girls: 584

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 6% 4%
Persistent absence: 15.5% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Below Average: -0.29 Confidence interval -0.47 to -0.1
Of the 181 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 180 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:27%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:94%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:35%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:45.6
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.89
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Milldene Primary School
65 Barbrook Lane , Tiptree CO5 0EF 		3out of 4 365 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
Baynards Primary School
Townsend Road , Tiptree CO5 0ND 		3out of 4 573 yd Community school No Mixed More About School
St Luke's Church of England Controlled Primary School
66 Church Road , Tiptree CO5 0SU 		3out of 4 1,039 yd Voluntary controlled school No Mixed More About School
Messing Primary School
School Road , Messing CO5 9TH 		3out of 4 1,602 yd Academy sponsor led No Mixed More About School
Tiptree Heath Primary School
103 Maldon Road , Tiptree CO5 0PG 		- not rated 1,831 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Thurstable School Sports College and Sixth Form Centre
Maypole Road , Tiptree CO5 0EW 		3out of 4 0 yd Academy converter Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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