What is Thorns Collegiate Academy's Ofsted rating?

Thorns Collegiate Academy received a Requires improvement rating from Ofsted following its 2024 inspection.

What are Thorns Collegiate Academy's latest exam results?

Thorns Collegiate Academy: GCSE 2024/25: Attainment 8 38.7. Check the source and academic year shown with each result.

Where is Thorns Collegiate Academy located?

Thorns Collegiate Academy is a secondary school in Brierley Hill, Dudley (DY5 2NU).

How many pupils attend Thorns Collegiate Academy?

Thorns Collegiate Academy has around 895 pupils on roll according to the latest school census data.

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SecondaryData as of May 2026

Thorns Collegiate Academy

Stockwell Avenue, Brierley Hill, DY5 2NU

Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Non-selective · Mixed

Ofsted

Requires improvement

Mar 2024

Historical inspection outcome; read the latest report for the full findings.

Academic picture

38.7school · 46.0 national reference

Attainment 8 · 2024/25. Average GCSE points across eight subjects, not a percentage.

Why is Progress 8 unavailable?

Progress 8 is unavailable nationally for this year because the cohort's KS2 baseline tests were cancelled. This is not a negative judgement on the school.

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Thorns Collegiate Academy, Brierley Hill

Exam Results

Official performance data from the Department for Education

GCSE Results (Secondary)

Key performance measures— 2024/25

Attainment 8

38.7

Progress 8?

N/A

9-7 Grades

10.6%

Basics 9-5

33.5%

Exam attainment

Attainment 8 · GCSE points across eight subjects, not a percentage or a measure of progress.

School · 2024/25

38.7

National · same year

46.0

SchoolNational reference

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Attainment 8 values by academic year
Year	School	National
2022/23	40.9	46.4
2023/24	36.5	46.4
2024/25	38.7	46.0

Learning progress

Progress 8 · Progress compared with pupils who had similar prior attainment. Zero is the national progress baseline.

School · 2024/25

Not available

National · same year

Not available

SchoolNational reference

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Progress 8 values by academic year
Year	School	National
2022/23	-0.25	0.00
2023/24	-0.52	0.00
2024/25	Not available	Not available

Progress 8 is unavailable for 2024/25 because the cohort's KS2 baseline tests were cancelled nationally. Missing values are not zero.

Grades at or above each threshold

These percentages overlap: grades 9–7 are also included in 9–5 and 9–4. Do not add the lines together.

9–7% / 9–5% / 9–4% available from 2023/24; no grade breakdown for 2022/23

EBacc Measures

EBacc Entry

65.4%

EBacc APS

3.41

EBacc 9-5

6.1%

EBacc 9-4

17.9%

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