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| Sir John Thursby Community College | |
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Eastern Avenue ,, BB10 2AT England | |
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| Type | Foundation school |
| Established | 2006 |
| Local authority | Lancashire |
| Department for Education URN | 134996Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Chair of Governors | Ruth Thompson[2] |
| Head teacher | Renshaw[1] |
| Gender | mixed |
| Age | 11 to 16 |
| Enrolment | 974 |
| Colour(s) | Black &Silver |
| Website | Sir John Thursby Community College |
Sir John Thursby Community College is a mixed 11-16comprehensive school inBurnley,Lancashire, England. It is named forSir John Hardy Thursby (1826-1901), a local benefactor. It shares its site with Ridgewood Community High, aspecial school with places for 90 students.[3]
The school opened in September 2006 as part of a plan to replace all of the district's 11-16 schools, funded by a governmentpublic–private partnership programme calledBuilding Schools for the Future. It was formed from the merger of the former Barden High School and Walshaw High School, and occupies the former Walshaw site. Elaine Dawson, who had been the head of Walshaw since 2004, became the new school's first head teacher.[4]
Barden High School was a boys comprehensive school with only approximately 350 pupils in 2002.[5]
Walshaw High School was a girls high school with about 800 pupils and has been described as "a successful and flourishing school".[6]
The School originally operated from the former Walshaw building, however in 2009 the schools moved a new £33M complex on the same site, with the former Walshaw building subsequently being demolished and newplaying fields made in its place.[7] In January 2011, David Burton replaced Elaine Dawson as head teacher.[4][8]
| Pupils with equivalent of 5 or moreGCSEs grade C or above (inc. English & Maths) | ||||
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| Year (Source) | Students | % special educational needs | England % | School % |
| 2004* (BBC)(BBC) | (76 175) 251 | (7.9 8.0) 7.9 | 42.7 | (11.0 35.0) 27.0 |
| 2005* (BBC)(BBC) | (62 145) 264 | (12.9 15.1) 11.7 | 44.9 | (21.0 28.0) 20.0 |
| 2006 | - | - | - | - |
| 2007 (BBC) | 213 | 8.4 | 46.7 | 27.0 |
| 2008 (BBC) | 209 | 15.7 | 47.6 | 26.0 |
| 2009 (BBC) | 175 | 42.9 | 49.8 | 42.0 |
| 2010 (DfE) | 147 | 40.9 | 53.4 | 47.0 |
| 2011 (DfE) | 159 | 21.0 | 58.9 | 38.0 |
| 2012 (DfE) | 182 | 25.0 | 59.4 | 38.0 |
| 2013 (DfE) | 201 | 20.0 | 59.2 | 48.0 |
| 2014 (DfE) | 200 | 11.0 | 53.4 | 36.0 |
| 2015 (DfE) | 194 | 3.0 | 53.8 | 48.0 |
| *Figures for previous school, in this case: Barden (boys) & Walshaw (girls) High Schools | ||||
In 2007, the school's value-added measure was 987.5 (national average 1000).[9]
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