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Sport Championship
The end of another busy year of house competition has once again come to an end. The tables below show the final league tables for the House 'Sport' Competitions 2009-10:
Latest Results
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Athletics Gold for Thornton
Thornton Grammar produced one of their most convincing athletics victories since the good old days of when Mr Halliley and Mr Makinson were involved in running the team and food was still being rationed.
Exam Results
2010 Results will be available here from September 2010
2009 Results
Key Stage 3 Results
Results are based on teacher assessment only following the removal of National Tests. The school reports on the percentage of students within Year 9 that achieve at Level 5 and above. The headline figures are as follows;
| Subject | % Level 5 and above | % Level 6 and above |
| English | 73 | 28 |
| Mathematics | 79 | 59 |
| Science | 74 | 39 |
A full breakdown of KS3 results can be found here
Key Stage 4 Results
Results for KS4 are as follows and are based on externally marked examinations that students sit at the end of Year 11. The headline figures are as follows;
GCSE/GNVQ Results Summer 2009
| School 2009 | School 2008 | LEA 2008 | National 2008 | |
| Total number of students completing Year 11 | 239 | 237 | ||
| Total number of Year 11 candidates | 239 | 233 | ||
| Total number of Year 11 GCSE/BTEC entries | 2999 | 2524 | ||
| Average number of passes per candidate | 8.9 | 8.9 | ||
| Average GCSE points score | 468.23 | 426.64 | ||
| Average GCSE points score (capped) | 314.80 | 307.1 | 307.8 |
Students achieving a particular number of grades
| School 2009 | School 2008 | LEA 2008 | National 2008 | |
| % of candidates with 5 or more passes A* - C | 64.02 | 67 | 56.7 | 65.3 |
| % of candidates with 5 or more passes A* - C inc English and Maths | 39.75 | 35 | 36.9 | 47.6 |
| % of candidates with 5 or more passes A* - G | 95.4 | 91 | 88.2 | 91.6 |
| % of candidates with 1 or more passes A* - G | 97.91 | 96 | 96.7 | 98.6 |
A detailed breakdown, including subject specific details can be found here
Each year a range of additional examinations are undertaken, details can be found here
Key Stage 5 Results
Results of our Post 16 Advanced Level subjects are as follows:
| Year 13 Results | School 2009 | LEA 2008 | National 2008 |
| Total number of candidates | 99 | ||
| Total number of entries | 282 | ||
| Average number of entries/candidate | 2.84 | ||
| Total number of passes | 268 | ||
| Average number of passes/candidate | 2.70 | ||
| Pass rate % | 95 | ||
| Average UCAS points score/candidate | 720 | 671.4 | 740 |
A detailed breakdown, including subject specific data can be found here
Attendance
| Absence percentages | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 |
| % of sessions of authorised absence | 5.89 | 5.19 | 4.19 |
| % of sessions of unauthorised absence | 0.66 | 0.69 | 0.82 |
