Thamesview School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 37 36.6 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 36.6 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 21.8% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 1.8% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -0.72 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26: Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25: Not calculated[4]

Earlier years
Year	Attainment 8	Grade 5+ in English & maths	Progress 8
2024/25	34.3[5]	22.4%[5]
2023/24	33.6[3]	21.2%[3]	-0.72[3]
2022/23	33.9[6]	27%[6]	-0.69[6]
2021/22	36.9[7]	26%[7]	-0.54[7]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade: E+ 2024/25[8]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects: 0% 2022/23[9]

Earlier years
Year	A-level average grade	AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24	E+[10]
2022/23	E[9]	0%[9]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 84% 2022/23[11]
School sixth form: 33% 2022/23[11]
Sixth-form college: 0% 2022/23[11]
Further education college: 42% 2022/23[11]
Apprenticeship: 2% 2022/23[11]
Employment: 5% 2022/23[11]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	School sixth form	Sixth-form college	Further education college	Apprenticeship	Employment
2021/22	87%[12]	41%[12]	0%[12]	34%[12]	3%[12]	9%[12]
2020/21	90%[13]	35%[13]	0%[13]	49%[13]	2%[13]	4%[13]
2019/20	93%[14]	34%[14]	1%[14]	52%[14]	3%[14]	3%[14]
2018/19	91%[15]	35%[15]	0%[15]	49%[15]	4%[15]	3%[15]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 71% 2022/23[16]
UK higher education: 29% 2022/23[16]
Education: 32% 2022/23[16]
Apprenticeship: 5% 2022/23[16]
Employment: 34% 2022/23[16]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment	UK higher education	Education	Apprenticeship	Employment
2020/21	86%[17]	43%[17]	43%[17]	10%[17]	33%[17]
2019/20	67%[18]	24%[18]	33%[18]	5%[18]	29%[18]
2018/19	67%[19]	17%[19]	17%[19]	25%[19]	25%[19]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education: 50% 2019/20[20]
Top third of most selective universities: 0% 2019/20[20]
Russell Group universities: 0% 2019/20[20]
Oxford or Cambridge: 0% 2019/20[20]

Earlier leavers
Left in	Progressed to higher education	Top third of most selective universities	Russell Group universities	Oxford or Cambridge
2018/19	29%[21]	0%[21]	0%[21]	0%[21]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection: 21 May 2024[22]
Type: S5 Inspection[22]
Report published: 26 Jun 2024[22]
Personal development: Good[22]
Quality of education: Good[22]
Overall effectiveness: Good[22]
Behaviour and attitudes: Good[22]
Safeguarding is effective: Yes[22]
Sixth form provision (where applicable): Good[22]
Effectiveness of leadership and management: Good[22]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
19 Jun 2018[23]	S5 Inspection[23]	Good[23]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 1.7 Entry Sept 2026[24]
Applications (any preference): 347 Entry Sept 2026[24]
First preferences: 127 Entry Sept 2026[24]
Places offered: 202 Entry Sept 2026[24]
First preferences per place: 0.6 Entry Sept 2026[24]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	358[24]	135[24]	201[24]	1.8[24]	0.7[24]
Entry Sept 2024	296[24]	103[24]	207[24]	1.4[24]	0.5[24]
Entry Sept 2023	268[24]	91[24]	170[24]	1.6[24]	0.5[24]
Entry Sept 2022	247[24]	90[24]	159[24]	1.6[24]	0.6[24]

Character & practicalities

Type: Foundation school[1]
Ages: 11–18[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: Yes[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 910[1]
Local authority: Kent[1]
Website: http://www.thamesviewsch.co.uk/[1]
District: Gravesham [25]
Postcode: DA12 4LF[1]
URN: 118879[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll: 955 2024/25[26]
English as an additional language: 19.2% 2024/25[26]
SEN support: 12.5% 2024/25[26]
EHC plan: 2.7% 2024/25[26]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 48% 2024/25[26]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 69.5%[27]
Mixed: 6.5%[27]
Asian: 6.9%[27]
Black: 12%[27]
Any other ethnic group: 2.4%[27]
Unclassified: 2.8%[27]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
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