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Thurstable School Sports College and Sixth Form Centre

Secondary Academy school in Colchester CO5 0EW

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  • School Reference Number: 137241
  • Address: Maypole Road, Tiptree, Colchester CO5 0EW
  • Head Teacher: Mr James Ketley
  • Telephone: 01621 816526
  • Website: thurstable.co.uk
  • Managing Organisation: THURSTABLE SCHOOL SPORTS COLLEGE AND SIXTH FORM CENTRE
  • Type: Academies
  • Sub-Type: Academy converter
  • Phase: Secondary
  • Pupil Capacity: 1,275
  • Local Education Authority: Essex
  • Gender: Mixed
  • Age Range: 11 to 18
  • Admissions Policy: Non-selective
  • Active From: August 2011* (Academy Converter)

* Active From and To dates don't necessarily mean that a school opened or closed on those dates. Schools are allocated a new Reference Number when they change status in any way, for example when a local authority school converts to an academy or when schools are combined or merged.

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Latest Ofsted Rating

Inspected on 21/09/2022

Rating published on 07/02/2023

Overall effectiveness: Requires Improvement

Quality of education: Requires Improvement

Behaviour and attitudes: Good

Personal development: Good

Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good

Sixth form provision: Good

All Ofsted Reports

Inspection DatePublication DateInspection TypeRatingPDF Link
2 May 2024 10 June 2024 Monitoring visit
21 September 2022 8 February 2023 School inspection Requires Improvement
2 November 2021 17 January 2022 School inspection
8 December 2020 14 January 2021 Monitoring visit
19 April 2016 13 May 2016 Full inspection Good
15 October 2014 13 November 2014 Full inspection Requires Improvement
30 January 2014 11 February 2014 Monitoring visit
27 November 2013 18 December 2013 Full inspection Requires Improvement
14 February 2012 18 February 2012 Academy conversion letter

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Unique Reference Number137241
Local Authority Code881
Local Authority NameEssex
Establishment Number5413
School / College NameThurstable School Sports College and Sixth Form Centre
Establishment Type Code34
Establishment typeAcademy converter
Establishment Type Group Code10
Establishment Type GroupAcademies
Establishment Status Code1
Establishment statusOpen
Reason Establishment Opened Code10
Reason establishment openedAcademy Converter
Open date01-08-2011
Reason Establishment Closed Code99
Reason establishment closed
Close date
Phase Of Education Code 4
Phase of educationSecondary
Age range Low11
Age range High18
Boarders Code1
BoardersNo boarders
Nursery provisionNot applicable
Official Sixth Form Code1
Official sixth formHas a sixth form
Gender Code3
Gender of entryMixed
Religious Character Code06
Religious characterNone
Religious ethosDoes not apply
Diocese Code0000
DioceseNot applicable
Admissions Policy Code4
Admissons policyNon-selective
School capacity1,275
Special Classes Code2
Special classesNo Special Classes
Census Date18-01-2024
Number of Pupils1,141
Number of Boys568
Number of Girls573
Percentage Free School Meals14.60
Trust School Flag Code5
Trust School Flag Supported by a single-academy trust
Trusts Code5070
Academy trust or TrustTHURSTABLE SCHOOL SPORTS COLLEGE AND SIXTH FORM CENTRE
School Sponsor Flag-
Academy sponsor
Federation FlagNot applicable
Federations Code
Federation
UKPRN10034841
FEHE Identifier
Further education typeNot applicable
Last Changed Date15-11-2024
StreetMaypole Road
LocalityTiptree
Address3
TownColchester
County (name)Essex
PostcodeCO5 0EW
Websitehttp://www.thurstable.co.uk
Telephone01621816526
Headteacher/Principal titleMr
Headteacher/Principal first nameJames
Headteacher/Principal last nameKetley
Headteacher/Principal Job TitleHead Teacher
BSO Inspectorate NameNot applicable
Inspectorate Report
Date of Last Inspection Visit
Next Inspection Visit
Teenage mothers provisionNot applicable
Teenage mothers capacity
Childcare facilities provisionNot applicable
SEN facilitiesNot applicable
Pupils with EBDNot applicable
Number of places
Full time provision
Pupils educated by other providersNot applicable
Section 41 approvedNot applicable
SEN provision
Type of resourced provision
Resourced provision number on roll
Resourced provision capacity
SEN unit number on roll
SEN unit capacity
Government Office Region CodeG
Government Office RegionEast of England
District CodeE07000071
DistrictColchester
Ward CodeE05010842
WardTiptree
Parliamentary Constituency CodeE14001590
Parliamentary ConstituencyWitham
Urban/Rural CodeD1
Urban/Rural Description(England/Wales) Rural town and fringe
GSS LA CodeE10000012
Easting589512
Northing217007
Middle Super Output Area (MSOA)Colchester 020
Lower Super Output Area (LSOA)Colchester 020D
Inspectorate Name
Number of special pupils under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Number of special pupils not under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Boarding Establishment
Proprietor's Name
Previous Local Authority Code915
Previous local authorityPre LGR (1998) Essex
Previous establishment number5413
Country
UPRN100091246189
Site Name
QAB Code0
QAB NameNot applicable
Establishment Accredited Code0
Establishment AccreditedNot applicable
QAB Report
CH Number
MSOA CodeE02004525
LSOA CodeE01021726
Free School Meals147
Accreditation Expiry Date
URN137241
Web Linkhttp://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/137241
LAESTAB8815413
School nameThurstable School Sports College and Sixth Form Centre
Ofsted phaseSecondary
Type of educationAcademy Converter
School open date01/08/2011
Admissions policyNon-selective
Sixth formHas a sixth form
Designated religious characterNone
Religious ethosDoes not apply
Faith groupingNon-faith
Ofsted regionEast of England
RegionEast of England
Local authorityEssex
Parliamentary constituencyWitham
Multi-academy trust UIDN/A
Multi-academy trust nameN/A
Academy sponsor UIDN/A
Academy sponsor nameN/A
PostcodeCO5 0EW
Number of warning notices issued in 2023/24 academic yearN/A
The income deprivation affecting children index (IDACI) quintile1
Total number of pupils1,141
Statutory lowest age11
Statutory highest age18
Latest ungraded inspection number since last graded inspectionN/A
Does the ungraded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?N/A
URN at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
LAESTAB at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
School name at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
School type at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
Number of ungraded inspections since the last graded inspectionN/A
Date of latest ungraded inspectionN/A
Ungraded inspection publication dateN/A
Did the latest ungraded inspection convert to a graded inspection?N/A
Ungraded inspection overall outcomeN/A
Number of monitoring and urgent inspections since last graded inspection1
Inspection number of latest graded inspection10240157
Inspection typeS5 Inspection
Inspection type groupingS5 Inspection
Event type groupingSchools - S5
Inspection start date21/09/2022
Publication date07/02/2023
Does the latest graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of latest graded inspection137241
LAESTAB at time of latest graded inspection8815413
School name at time of latest graded inspectionThurstable School Sports College and Sixth Form Centre
School type at time of latest graded inspectionAcademy Converter
Current school type used for chart C6Academy converter
Overall effectivenessRequires Improvement
Category of concernN/A
Quality of educationRequires Improvement
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Effectiveness of leadership and managementGood
Safeguarding is effective?Yes
Early years provisionN/A
Sixth form provisionGood
Previous inspection number10012434
Previous inspection start date19/04/2016
Previous publication date13/05/2016
Does the previous graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of previous graded inspection137241
LAESTAB at time of previous graded inspection8815413
School name at time of previous graded inspectionThurstable School Sports College and Sixth Form Centre
School type at time of previous graded inspectionAcademy Converter
Previous graded inspection overall effectiveness2
Previous category of concernN/A
Previous quality of educationN/A
Previous behaviour and attitudesN/A
Previous personal developmentN/A
Previous effectiveness of leadership and managementGood
Previous safeguarding is effective?Yes
Previous early years provisionN/A
Previous sixth form provisionGood

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