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Thornaby Academy

  • 11–16Ages
  • 443Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 148186URN

Baysdale Road, Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees, TS17 9DB · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Feb 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.7per place
0.6 below Stockton-on-Tees median (2.3)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Stockton-on-Tees

108 applications for 63 places · 10th of 13 in Stockton-on-Tees
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
42.4of 90
12th of 13 in Stockton-on-Tees
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 10 February 2026Published 26 April 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionExpected standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementExpected standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingStrong standard
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceStrong standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 10 February 2026
    Report card · 2 Strong standard, 4 Expected standard
  2. 6 June 2023
    Graded inspection: Requires improvement

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.7applications per place, Year 7
0.6 below Stockton-on-Tees median (2.3) 0.5 below England median (2.2)

108 applications · 63 places offered · 56 named it first

HistoryEarlier years not shown: formed from, or split from, other schools.

  1. 2026 1.7; Stockton-on-Tees median median 2.3
  2. 2025 1.6; Stockton-on-Tees median median 2.1
  3. 2024 0.9; Stockton-on-Tees median median 2.0
  4. 2023 1.2; Stockton-on-Tees median median 2.4
  5. 2022 1.0; Stockton-on-Tees median median 2.5
  6. 2021 0.8; Stockton-on-Tees median median 2.1
  7. 2020 1.0; Stockton-on-Tees median median 2.0; as the previous school
  8. 2019 1.0; Stockton-on-Tees median median 1.9; as the previous school
  9. 2018 1.4; Stockton-on-Tees median median 2.0; as the previous school
  10. 2017 0.9; Stockton-on-Tees median median 1.9; as the previous school
  11. 2016 1.3; Stockton-on-Tees median median 1.8; as the previous school
  12. 2015 1.2; Stockton-on-Tees median median 2.2; as the previous school
  13. 2014 1.3; Stockton-on-Tees median median 1.6; as the previous school
More applications per place than the Stockton-on-Tees median in 0 of 6 years.
  • This school
  • Stockton-on-Tees median

Dashed bars: as Thornaby Academy (URN 144495), Thornaby Academy (URN 136121), Thornaby Community School (URN 131760), the previous school.

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 2026631081.7560.89
Sep 2025721131.6630.88
Sep 20241141050.9630.55
Sep 202373901.2490.67
Sep 20221151151.0780.68
Sep 2021107800.8490.46
Sep 2020 *83811.0510.61
Sep 2019 *83791.0520.63
Sep 2018 *54741.4430.80
Sep 2017 *74670.9460.62
Sep 2016 *781021.3600.77
Sep 2015 *78941.2660.85
Sep 2014 *70881.3530.76

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

95 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)42.412th of 13 in Stockton-on-Tees
Grade 5 or above in English and maths51%8th of 13 in Stockton-on-Tees
Grade 4 or above in English and maths67%
  • This school
  • Stockton-on-Tees median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.36
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)9542.451%67%–
2024/258040.948%63%–
2023/248536.837%57%−0.36
2022/236433.925%39%−0.51

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy sponsor led
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
148186 · 808/4010
Trust
Northern Education Trust
Capacity
790 pupils · 443 on roll
Free school meals
66.4% of pupils (England median 23%)
SEN provision
Resourced provision
Opened
1 September 2020
Replaced
Thornaby Academy (URN 144495); Thornaby Academy (URN 136121); Thornaby Community School (URN 131760)
Address
Baysdale Road, Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees, TS17 9DB
Local authority
Stockton-on-Tees

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources