SCHOOL PROFILE

Thorns Collegiate Academy: data, trends and context

Thorns Collegiate Academy is a secondary school in Dudley. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.

School identity

URN
143818
Phase
Secondary
Establishment type
Academy sponsor led
Status
Open
Local authority
Dudley
Region
West Midlands
Trust
SHIRELAND COLLEGIATE ACADEMY TRUST
Postcode
DY5 2NU
Gender intake
Mixed
Religious character
Does not apply
School website

Pupil and community context

Pupils on roll
861
FSM eligible
37.0%
EAL / First language other than English
7.7%
SEND (total)
19.4%
SEN Support
17.4%
EHCP
2.0%
White British
76.1%

Attendance and absence (2024/25)

Attendance rate
90.7%
Overall absence
9.3%
Persistent absence
28.2%
Severe absence
5.5%

Current benchmarks (2025/26 to date)

Secondary schools
ComparatorAttendanceOverall absenceUnauthorised
DudleyLocal authority91.2%8.8%3.9%
West MidlandsRegion91.5%8.5%3.4%
EnglandEngland91.4%8.6%3.3%

Session-weighted year-to-date rates to 17 July 2026. Source: DfE Explore Education Statistics, pupil attendance (daily), published 6 August 2026. The school figures above are from a different published year, so no direct difference is shown.

Suspensions and permanent exclusions (2024/25)

Suspension rate
22.8%
Pupils with 1+ suspension
12.2%
Permanent exclusion rate
0.78%

Attainment and Progress 8 (2024/25)

Attainment 8
38.7
English & maths grade 5+
33.5%
English & maths grade 4+
51.4%

Data sources and last updated

  • Published Department for Education and Ofsted data.
  • Historical predecessor information is shown only where the DfE lineage record has been validated. It is clearly labelled as historical predecessor-establishment data.
  • Missing or suppressed values are shown as gaps, never as zero.
  • For interactive comparisons with 25 contextually similar schools, open this school in School DNA.
  • Profile last updated: 2026-07-07.

Contextual comparison

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Thorns Collegiate Academy is a secondary school in Dudley. This page brings together its published attendance, behaviour, attainment, inspection and pupil-context information, alongside historical trends and comparisons with schools serving similar communities.