Loading AI tools
Community school in Thurston, Suffolk, England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thurston Community College is a co-educational secondary school and sixth form located in Thurston, Suffolk, England. As of 2018, it has 1,733 students aged 11–18 drawn from the local village and surrounding rural communities.[1]
| Thurston Community College | |
|---|---|
| |
| Location | |
 | |
| , , IP31 3PB England | |
| Coordinates | 52°15′17″N 0°48′35″E |
| Information | |
| Type | Community school |
| Motto | Loyaute me lie (Loyalty binds me) |
| Established | 1973 |
| Local authority | Suffolk |
| Department for Education URN | 124802 Tables |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Principal | Maeve Taylor |
| Chairman of Governors | Robert Davie |
| Staff | 170 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Age | 11 to 18 |
| Enrolment | 1,733 |
| Colour(s) | Blue, Gold, Red |
| Website | http://www.thurstoncollege.org/ |
The Community College was founded in 1973, and was originally known as Thurston Upper School.[2]
In 2023, the school was one of those identified as having buildings that could be structurally unsound because reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete had been used in their construction.[3]
In September 2014, the school underwent a large transition in order to become a secondary school and follow the two-tier education structure. Because of this, the Thurston Sixth Form Centre was relocated to Beyton, on the site of the former Beyton Middle School, and is now known as Thurston Sixth: Beyton Campus. This also meant that the most junior year group was lowered from Year 9 to Year 7. The old Sixth Form Centre, now a humanities department, was opened in 2002 by Rt Hon David Puttnam.
The school's facilities include a community library, a large sixth form centre (based in Beyton) and an Air Training Corps building. It has a total staff of around 170. In its most recent Ofsted inspection report in 2018, the school was rated Good.[4] The school has been rated Good every inspection except for in 2010 when the school was rated outstanding.[5]
A new external building was constructed in 2023, containing 3 social sciences classrooms and 2 science labs.[6]
Until 2020, the school was divided into five houses, named after famous British people with Suffolk connections. The school has changed these houses into year group blocks.[7]
New houses are to be implemented from 2024, however, they are still unannounced.
 |
? - 2005 | Chris Bowler
2005 - 2021 | Helen Wilson
2021 - 2023 | Nicki Mattin (Formerly head teacher of Spires Academy, Canterbury).[8]
2023 - Present | Maeve Taylor[9] (Interim principal from Claydon High School).
 | This article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy. (January 2022) |
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
