Thornden School

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary
Ofsted rating
Good
Jun 21 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 16 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Does not have a sixth form
Local authority
Hampshire
Unique reference
136715
Address
Winchester Road, Chandler's Ford, SO53 2DW

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1456 (99% of total capacity)
Boys
52.6%
Girls
47.4%
First language not English
11.3%
Free school meals (FSM)
5.4%
Persistent absence
12.3%
Special education needs (SEN)
6.9%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 70.4%
Mixed 7.3%
Indian 7.3%
Other White 5.8%
Chinese 2.1%
African 1.6%
Other Asian 1.4%
Pakistani 1.3%
Other 1.2%
Unclassified 1%
Bangladeshi 0.4%
Irish 0.1%
Caribbean 0.1%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.51
Local authority average, state-funded schools
-0.18
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 62%
Local authority average 35%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 73%
Local authority average 45%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 59.7
Local authority average 45.9
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.49
Local authority average 4.03
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Small Business ManagementTechnical Award26
Additional Mathematics FSMQOther General Qualification (Level 3)2
GeologyAS level1
ArabicGCSE4
Art & Design (Fine Art)GCSE21
Art & Design (3d Studies)GCSE7
Art & Design (Graphics)GCSE37
AstronomyGCSE1
BiologyGCSE115
Business Studies:SingleGCSE66
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Thornden School

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
287
Status
Oversubscribed
This school is Oversubscribed because there were more 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
320
2nd preference
194
3rd preference
118
From another Local Authority
15
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
281
2nd preference
5
3rd preference
1
To another Local Authority
0
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 classes24
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
293
179
114
Year 8
290
146
144
Year 9
292
160
132
Year 10
291
133
158
Year 11
290
148
142
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
93.0%
86.2%
86.5%
Further education
8.0%
38.9%
34.7%
School sixth form
SP
7.4%
37.9%
Sixth form college
85.0%
39.5%
13.1%
Other education destinations
SP
0.5%
0.9%
Entering employment
1.0%
4.6%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
3.5%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
3.0%
5.0%
5.2%
Destination unknown
SP
0.6%
1.0%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2021-2022 England: Year 2021-2022