Thirsk School & Sixth Form College

Topcliffe Road, Sowerby, North Yorkshire, YO7 1RZ

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About this school

Thirsk School & Sixth Form College is a Community school serving secondary age pupils, located in North Yorkshire, North Yorkshire. The school has 1,014 pupils enrolled. Ofsted: Good (graded inspection, 3 February 2022). Last inspected 24 March 2026. The Headteacher is Emma Lambden. The school is administered by North Yorkshire local authority.

School details

Headteacher

Emma Lambden

Local authority

North Yorkshire

Gender

Mixed

URN

121666

Contact

Admissions

Applications for places at Thirsk School & Sixth Form College are handled by the school or the local authority (North Yorkshire). See the school's website for admissions arrangements, or read the GOV.UK guide to school admissions.

GCSE Performance (Key Stage 4)

• Attainment 8 is the school's average GCSE score across eight key subjects — higher is better.
• Progress 8 shows how much progress pupils made between ages 11 and 16 compared with similar pupils nationally — 0 is average, positive is above average. Shown for 2023-24, the most recent year the Department for Education published it.
• Grade 5+ / 4+ in English & maths is the share of pupils achieving at least a strong pass (5) or a standard pass (4) in both subjects.
• EBacc covers the English Baccalaureate subject mix: English, maths, sciences, a language, and history or geography.

Source: Department for Education school performance data. Check this school on GOV.UK →

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