Thornaby Academy
About the school
Thornaby Academy is an open secondary school in Stockton-on-Tees.
Latest Ofsted inspection
Published Ofsted information, current as at 31 July 2026. Inspection outcomes are not performance rankings.
- Latest inspection
- 10 February 2026
- Published
- 26 April 2026
- Inspection type
- S5 Inspection
Published inspection outcomes
Safeguarding
Met
Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard
Leadership and governance
Strong standard
Previous inspection framework
These judgements are retained by Ofsted from an earlier inspection framework.
Overall effectiveness
Requires improvement
Quality of education
Requires improvement
Behaviour and attitudes
Requires improvement
Personal development
Requires improvement
Leadership and management
Requires improvement
Safeguarding
Yes
Early years
Not applicable
Sixth form
Not applicable
Results and school context
GCSE and key stage 4
Attainment 8
- School
- 40.9
- Stockton-on-Tees
- 45
- England
- 46.1
Progress 8
The DfE has not published this measure for 2024/25.
- School
- N/A
- Stockton-on-Tees
- N/A
- England
- N/A
English and maths grade 5+
- School
- 47.50%
- Stockton-on-Tees
- 47.60%
- England
- 45.40%
English and maths grade 4+
- School
- 62.50%
- Stockton-on-Tees
- 66.20%
- England
- 64.80%
EBacc entry
- School
- 21.30%
- Stockton-on-Tees
- 39.20%
- England
- 40.50%
EBacc average point score
- School
- 3.82
- Stockton-on-Tees
- 3.97
- England
- 4.09
Pupil context and attendance
DfE context data for 2024/25. These characteristics provide context and are not quality ratings.
Pupils on roll
478
Girls
49.37%
Boys
50.63%
SEN support
14.64%
Education, health and care plan
4.18%
English as an additional language
12.80%
Eligible for free school meals in the past six years
67.99%
Overall absence
14.81
Persistent absence
42.21
Pupil destinations
DfE destination measures from the 2024/25 release. These outcomes are published after a time lag.
After Key Stage 4
Cohort
64
Sustained education or employment
84%
Education
75%
Apprenticeship
5%
Employment
5%
Not sustained
6%