Thurston Community College is a secondary school located in Bury St Edmunds. 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 23/03/2018. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.7%, which is 0.7 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Norton Road, Bury St Edmunds

School Information

Address: Norton Road, Bury St Edmunds, IP31 3PB
Website: http://www.thurstoncollege.org/
Telephone: 01359230885
School Type: Community school
Education phase: Secondary
Local authority: Suffolk
Headteacher / Principal: Ms Nicola Mattin
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Non-selective
Unique reference: 124802

Ofsted Inspection

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

Ofsted inspection date: 23/03/2018

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 11 - 18
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 1800
Number of Pupils: 1651
Number of Boys: 785
Number of Girls: 866

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.7% 4%
Persistent absence: 11.9% 8.2%

Education - Secondary

Progress 8 score

Average: 0.04 Confidence interval -0.11 to 0.18
Of the 308 pupils at the end of key stage 4 in this school, 301 are included in this measure.

Entering EBacc

School:22%
England Average:40%

Staying in education or entering employment

School:97%
England Average:94%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School:37%
England Average:43%

Attainment 8 score

School:46.8
England Average:46.7

EBacc average point score

School:3.96
England Average:4.07

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Thurston Church of England Primary Academy
Pond Field Road , Thurston IP31 3RY 		3out of 4 1,047 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Thurston Community College
Norton Road , Thurston IP31 3PB 		3out of 4 0 yd Community school No Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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