Thamesview School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
May 22 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Kent
Unique reference
118879
Address
Thong Lane, DA12 4LF

Pupils

Number of Pupils
938 (88% of total capacity)
Boys
52.7%
Girls
47.3%
First language not English
15.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
42.3%
Persistent absence
30.6%
Special education needs (SEN)
13.1%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 62.2%
African 11%
Other White 10%
Mixed 6.3%
Indian 3%
Gypsy/Roma 2.5%
Other 1.3%
Caribbean 1.1%
Bangladeshi 0.7%
Unclassified 0.5%
Other Asian 0.4%
Other Black 0.4%
Pakistani 0.3%
Irish Traveller 0.1%
Chinese 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-0.69
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.12
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 18%
Local authority average 40%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 27%
Local authority average 47%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 33.9
Local authority average 47
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.83
Local authority average 4.12
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Building / Construction Operations (General / Combined)Technical Award36
Music Studies (General)Technical Award22
Sports StudiesTechnical Award34
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award15
Speech & DramaTechnical Award7
Art & DesignGCSE51
BiologyGCSE48
Business Studies:SingleGCSE83
ChemistryGCSE47
English LanguageGCSE171
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Thamesview School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
207
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
103
2nd preference
64
3rd preference
66
From another Local Authority
5
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
103
2nd preference
31
3rd preference
16
To another Local Authority
1
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2024-2025

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes23.4
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
177
95
82
Year 8
180
93
87
Year 9
187
102
85
Year 10
164
80
84
Year 11
178
100
78
Year 12
29
14
15
Year 13
23
10
13
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
84.0%
87.7%
86.5%
Further education
49.0%
25.6%
34.7%
School sixth form
35.0%
60.6%
37.9%
Sixth form college
0.0%
0.4%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.1%
0.9%
Entering employment
4.0%
4.0%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.7%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
4.8%
5.2%
Destination unknown
3.0%
0.8%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
50.0%
61.7%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
0.0%
19.5%
19.7%
Russell Group
0.0%
16.6%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
1.3%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
6.0%
1.4%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020