Tanbridge House School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Jun 11 2024 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Local authority maintained schools
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
West Sussex
Unique reference
126064
Address
Farthings Hill, Guildford Road, RH12 1SR

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1524 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
54.9%
Girls
45.1%
First language not English
6.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
9.8%
Persistent absence
17.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
25.0%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 77.9%
Other White 6.9%
Mixed 6.4%
Indian 2%
African 1.6%
Other Asian 1.5%
Chinese 1.3%
Other 0.7%
Unclassified 0.6%
Irish 0.5%
Pakistani 0.4%
Bangladeshi 0.2%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2023-2024 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2024-2025

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Entering EBacc

School 34%
Local authority average 37%
England average 41%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 59%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 54.2
Local authority average 46.1
England average 45.9

EBacc average point score

School 4.68
Local authority average 4.06
England average 4.08
Year 2024-2025

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Childcare SkillsTechnical Award15
Computer Appreciation / IntroductionTechnical Award279
Dance: GeneralTechnical Award28
Music performance: GroupTechnical Award15
Speech & DramaTechnical Award13
TourismTechnical Award53
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)23
Art & DesignGCSE69
BiologyGCSE64
ChemistryGCSE64
Year 2024-2025

Admissions

Tanbridge House School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
301
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
349
2nd preference
238
3rd preference
249
From another Local Authority
15
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
296
2nd preference
3
3rd preference
2
To another Local Authority
0
Breakdown of offers made on National Offer Day (in-year applications are excluded)
Year 2025-2026

Class sizes

Class typeClass size
Average size of one-teacher classes24.9
Year 2024-2025

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
310
171
139
Year 8
316
180
136
Year 9
299
155
144
Year 10
299
164
135
Year 11
300
166
134
Year 2024-2025

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
88.0%
87.5%
85.5%
Further education
17.0%
40.8%
36.9%
School sixth form
4.0%
26.2%
35.2%
Sixth form college
67.0%
19.8%
12.9%
Other education destinations
0.0%
0.7%
0.5%
Entering employment
5.0%
3.4%
2.6%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.3%
3.3%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
4.6%
5.7%
Destination unknown
2.0%
2.2%
3.0%
School: Year 2024-2025 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023