Thornaby Academy
Academy sponsor led · Secondary
Stockton-on-Tees · TS17 9DB · Stockton-on-Tees
Ages 11–16
Status: Open
0.1 miles away
OpenSecondaryURN 142281
St Patrick's Catholic College, A Voluntary Catholic Academy
Academy converter · Stockton-on-Tees · TS17 9DE
Phase
Secondary
Age range
Ages 11–16
Pupils
567
Local authority
Stockton-on-Tees
Age range
Ages 11–16
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryNo Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–16, in Stockton-on-Tees, Stockton-on-Tees, 567 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 39.5%. Religious character: Roman Catholic. Diocese: Diocese of Middlesbrough.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 142281
Location
- Address
- Baysdale Road, Thornaby
- Postcode
- TS17 9DE
- Town
- Stockton-on-Tees
- County
- Teesside
- Local authority
- Stockton-on-Tees
- District
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Constituency
- Stockton West
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 567
- Boys / girls
- 264 / 303
- School capacity
- 556
- Capacity fill
- 567 / 556 (102%)
- Free school meals
- 39.5%
- FSM pupils
- 224
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Diocese
- Diocese of Middlesbrough
- Governance
- Academy trust: NICHOLAS POSTGATE CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- NICHOLAS POSTGATE CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
- Sponsor
- Nicholas Postgate Catholic Academy Trust
Contact
- Headteacher
- Miss Deborah Law
- Telephone
- 01642613327
Official links
Ofsted information
Inspection data is separate from GIAS establishment records.
- 2026-01-13 — Expected standard (Report)