Thomas Gainsborough School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–18 · Sudbury, Suffolk
Last distance offered · Year 7 2025
3.024 miles
Published by Suffolk County Council · offers on 3 March 2025
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Thomas Gainsborough School is a secondary school in Sudbury, Suffolk for ages 11–18 (academy converter). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 19 November 2024. Suffolk has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 entry.
Thomas Gainsborough School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2025 | 3.024 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- In 2025, the last Year 7 place offered went to a child living 3.024 miles from the school.
- For Year 7 in 2026 there were 260 first-choice applications for 271 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 46% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths (England 45%), 3rd highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest secondary schools in Suffolk.
- There are 19.8 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 17.7 across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Suffolk.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Suffolk schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Wells Hall Road, Great Cornard, Sudbury, CO10 0NH
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–18
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Suffolk
- Pupils on roll
- 1,603 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 18.7% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.8
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 19 November 2024
Strengths
- “Pupils at Thomas Gainsborough School (TGS) attend a school that, at all levels, wants them to succeed both academically and socially.”
- “This culture is clear in the way in which pupils respond positively to the expectations placed upon them.”
- “As a result, pupils behave in a manner of which they can be proud.”
To improve
- “Where this is found not to be so, errors in pupils’ work can go unaddressed.”
- “As a result, these errors are repeated.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 December 2024 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 46% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 46.1 | 46 |
| A level average grade (2024/25) | B- | B- |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 260 first-preference applications, 271 offers in total, 260 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Suffolk.
- Ormiston Sudbury Academy 1.8 mi No Ofsted grade
- Stour Valley Community School 8.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Hadleigh High School 9.0 mi Standards maintained
- East Bergholt High School 12.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Samuel Ward Academy 13.8 mi Good
- Castle Manor Academy 14.5 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Stowmarket High School 14.9 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Sybil Andrews Academy 15.1 mi Good