Tolworth Girls' School and Sixth Form

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Outstanding
Sept 21 2023 Ofsted report
Gender
Girls
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
None
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
Kingston upon Thames
Unique reference
137060
Address
Tala Close, Tolworth Girls' School and Sixth Form, KT6 7EY

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1463 (98% of total capacity)
Boys
1.8%
Girls
98.2%
First language not English
34%
Free school meals (FSM)
13.5%
Persistent absence
21.1%
Special education needs (SEN)
4.4%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 42.9%
Other White 12.3%
Other Asian 11.1%
Mixed 8.6%
Pakistani 6.3%
Chinese 4.2%
Other 4%
Indian 3.6%
Unclassified 2.1%
African 1.9%
Bangladeshi 1.8%
Caribbean 0.5%
Other Black 0.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.1%
Capacity %, Persistent absence: Year 2022-2023 Other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
0.94
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.58
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 58%
Local authority average 67%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 60%
Local authority average 67%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 57.5
Local authority average 58.6
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 5.17
Local authority average 5.42
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
ArabicGCSE3
Art & Design (Textiles)GCSE11
Art & DesignGCSE46
BiologyGCSE59
ChemistryGCSE59
ChineseGCSE10
Design & TechnologyGCSE21
DanceGCSE36
English LanguageGCSE226
English LiteratureGCSE225
Year 2023-2024

Admissions

Tolworth Girls' School and Sixth Form

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
252
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
206
2nd preference
162
3rd preference
122
From another Local Authority
175
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
198
2nd preference
35
3rd preference
12
To another Local Authority
34
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 classes21.5
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
242
0
242
Year 8
241
0
241
Year 9
242
0
242
Year 10
239
0
239
Year 11
234
0
234
Year 12
149
16
133
Year 13
116
11
105
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
92.0%
93.3%
85.6%
Further education
22.0%
14.5%
35.4%
School sixth form
61.0%
70.7%
36.6%
Sixth form college
8.0%
7.5%
13.0%
Other education destinations
1.0%
0.6%
0.5%
Entering employment
2.0%
1.2%
4.1%
Entering apprenticeships
1.0%
1.0%
3.2%
Not in education or employment
4.0%
2.6%
5.9%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.8%
1.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2022-2023 England: Year 2022-2023

Progression to Higher Education or Training

Destinations after A‑levels
School
LA
England
Degrees
73.0%
71.0%
65.5%
Top third higher education institutions
16.0%
30.5%
23.8%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.7%
2.5%
Higher apprenticeships
3.0%
1.7%
2.2%
School: Year 2023-2024 Local authority: Year 2020-2021 England: Year 2020-2021