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Thornden School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 64 64.5 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
64.5 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
79.9% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
34.4% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.74 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 Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 59.9[5] 72.8%[5]
2023/24 61.4[3] 76.2%[3] +0.74[3]
2022/23 59.7[6] 73%[6] +0.51[6]
2021/22 65.2[7] 80%[7] +0.67[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
98% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form
0% 2021/22[9]
Sixth-form college
84% 2022/23[8]
Further education college
11% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[8]
Employment
1% 2022/23[8]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 98%[9] 0%[9] 86%[9] 7%[9] 1%[9] 4%[9]
2020/21 97%[10] 85%[10] 8%[10] 2%[10] 1%[10]
2019/20 99%[11] 1%[11] 84%[11] 10%[11] 2%[11] 1%[11]
2018/19 99%[12] 1%[12] 85%[12] 9%[12] 2%[12] 2%[12]

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
9 Jun 2026[13]
Type
S5 Inspection[13]
Report published
16 Jul 2026[13]
Inclusion
Strong standard[13]
Achievement
Exceptional[13]
Safeguarding standards
Met[13]
Curriculum and teaching
Strong standard[13]
Attendance and behaviour
Strong standard[13]
Leadership and governance
Strong standard[13]
Personal development and wellbeing
Strong standard[13]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
21 Jun 2022[14] S5 Inspection[14] Good[14]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.1 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Applications (any preference)
620 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences
314 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Places offered
302 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences per place
1.0 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 535[15] 274[15] 280[15] 1.9[15] 1.0[15]
Entry Sept 2024 632[15] 320[15] 287[15] 2.2[15] 1.1[15]
Entry Sept 2023 627[15] 338[15] 302[15] 2.1[15] 1.1[15]
Entry Sept 2022 593[15] 342[15] 289[15] 2.1[15] 1.2[15]

Admissions

Application deadline
31 Oct 2026 Entry Sept 2027[16]
Places (published admission number)
290 Entry Sept 2027[16]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–16[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1400[1]
Trust
HISP MULTI ACADEMY TRUST LTD[1]
Local authority
Hampshire[1]
Website
http://www.thornden.hants.sch.uk/[1]
District
Eastleigh[17]
Postcode
SO53 2DW[1]
URN
136715[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1451 2024/25[18]
English as an additional language
13.3% 2024/25[18]
SEN support
6.4% 2024/25[18]
EHC plan
2.7% 2024/25[18]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
6.1% 2024/25[18]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
73.9%[19]
Mixed
7.4%[19]
Asian
14.9%[19]
Black
1.3%[19]
Any other ethnic group
1.9%[19]
Unclassified
0.7%[19]

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

  1. 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.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    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.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2025/26. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2021/22. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. thornden.hants.sch.uk: thornden.hants.sch.uk document (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quotes (2)
    The Academy Committee of the school is the admission authority for Thornden School and will consider first all those applications received by the published deadline of midnight on 31 October 2026. (p. 2)
    The published admission number (PAN) for Thornden School for 2027-2028 is 290. (p. 2)
  17. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  18. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  19. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.