The academy is an average-sized secondary school. The proportion of disadvantaged students, those supported by the pupil premium is above average. The pupil premium is additional funding for those students who are known to be eligible for free school meals and those who are looked after by the local authority. The vast majority of students are White British. There are very few students who speak English as an additional language. The proportion of disabled students and those who have special educational needs is average. There is one alternative provider of education used by the academy; the Therapeutic Learning Centre (TLC). Sir Thomas Wharton Community College A Co-operative Academy converted to become an academy on 1 February 2013. When its predecessor school, Sir Thomas Wharton Community College was last inspected by Ofsted, it was judged to be satisfactory overall. The academy has its own vocational centre, the Edlington Hill Top Centre, based half a mile from the main site of the academy. The academy holds the Arts Mark Gold award and the National Standard for Enterprise Education. The academy meets the government’s current floor standards, which are the minimum expectations for students’ attainment and progress in English and mathematics. The new headteacher took up post on 1 September 2014. There have been significant changes in leadership and in teaching staff since the opening of the academy.