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Thamesmead School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 53 52.7 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
52.7 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
55.4% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
14.7% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.19 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 50.6[5] 50.7%[5]
2023/24 49.8[3] 49.5%[3] +0.19[3]
2022/23 53.5[6] 56%[6] +0.32[6]
2021/22 53.5[7] 59%[7] -0.06[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
96% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form
8% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college
45% 2022/23[8]
Further education college
36% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship
6% 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] 7%[9] 47%[9] 34%[9] 3%[9] 8%[9]
2020/21 95%[10] 4%[10] 51%[10] 35%[10] 2%[10] 2%[10]
2019/20 95%[11] 4%[11] 48%[11] 37%[11] 1%[11] 2%[11]
2018/19 96%[12] 8%[12] 7%[12] 76%[12] 4%[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
16 Nov 2022[13]
Type
Section 8 inspection of good and outstanding schools[13]
Report published
30 Jan 2023[13]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[13]
Outcomes for ungraded and monitoring inspections
School remains Good[13]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
6 Jun 2017[14] Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[14] No overall grade[14]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
3.5 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Applications (any preference)
760 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences
175 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Places offered
216 Entry Sept 2026[15]
First preferences per place
0.8 Entry Sept 2026[15]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 796[15] 201[15] 217[15] 3.7[15] 0.9[15]
Entry Sept 2024 776[15] 199[15] 213[15] 3.6[15] 0.9[15]
Entry Sept 2023 687[15] 187[15] 226[15] 3.0[15] 0.8[15]
Entry Sept 2022 740[15] 179[15] 236[15] 3.1[15] 0.8[15]

Admissions

Places (published admission number)
210 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
1050[1]
Trust
THAMESMEAD SCHOOL[1]
Local authority
Surrey[1]
Website
http://www.thamesmead.surrey.sch.uk[1]
District
Spelthorne[17]
Postcode
TW17 9EE[1]
URN
137237[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1048 2024/25[18]
English as an additional language
11.1% 2024/25[18]
SEN support
14.1% 2024/25[18]
EHC plan
4.7% 2024/25[18]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
19.5% 2024/25[18]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
75%[19]
Mixed
8.1%[19]
Asian
9%[19]
Black
3.5%[19]
Any other ethnic group
1.3%[19]
Unclassified
3%[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 2022/23. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2016/17. 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. thamesmead.surrey.sch.uk: thamesmead.surrey.sch.uk — Admissions Arrangements 2027-2028 (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
    Quote
    Published Admission Number (PAN): 210 (p. 4)
  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.