Thomas Bennett Community College

General Info

Education Phase
Secondary, 16 plus
Ofsted rating
Good
Oct 6 2022 Ofsted report
Gender
Mixed
Age range
11 - 18 y.o.
Type
Academies
Funding
State-funded secondary
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Religious Character
Does not apply
Sixth Form
Has a sixth form
Local authority
West Sussex
Unique reference
138620
Address
Ashdown Drive, Tilgate, RH10 5AD

Pupils

Number of Pupils
1271 (86% of total capacity)
Boys
55.0%
Girls
45.0%
First language not English
23.9%
Free school meals (FSM)
32.6%
Persistent absence
28.9%
Special education needs (SEN)
14.7%
Pupil ethnicities
White British 56.4%
Other White 9%
Mixed 7.9%
Unclassified 6.9%
African 5.7%
Indian 3.4%
Other Asian 3.1%
Pakistani 2.3%
Other Black 2.2%
Other 1.5%
Gypsy/Roma 0.6%
Caribbean 0.6%
Bangladeshi 0.3%
Irish 0.2%
Capacity %: Year 2022-2023 Persistent absence and other Pupils data: Year 2023-2024

Exam Results

GCSE Results

Progress 8 score

This school
-1.05
Local authority average, state-funded schools
0.05
England average, state-funded schools
-0.03

Entering EBacc

School 22%
Local authority average 33%
England average 39%

Grade 5 or above in English & maths GCSEs

School 19%
Local authority average 46%
England average 45%

Attainment 8 score

School 31.5
Local authority average 46.4
England average 46.3

EBacc average point score

School 2.72
Local authority average 4.04
England average 4.05
Year 2022-2023

Subjects

GCSE Subjects

SubjectQualificationNumber of entries
Art & DesignGCSE70
Computer Studies/ComputingGCSE47
Design & TechnologyGCSE48
DanceGCSE15
English LanguageGCSE185
English LiteratureGCSE178
FrenchGCSE35
GeographyGCSE80
Modern GreekGCSE2
HistoryGCSE88
Year 2022-2023

Admissions

Thomas Bennett Community College

Admission Policy
Non-selective
Total available places
211
Status
Not oversubscribed
This school is Not Oversubscribed because there were fewer 1st preference applications than available places.

Applications

1st preference
133
2nd preference
90
3rd preference
108
From another Local Authority
4
Breakdown of applications made to this school within the deadline (in-year applications are excluded)

Offers

1st preference
133
2nd preference
24
3rd preference
11
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 classes22
Year 2023-2024

Cohort sizes

Class type
Total
Boys
Girls
Year 7
229
123
106
Year 8
240
128
112
Year 9
209
114
95
Year 10
203
105
98
Year 11
192
95
97
Year 12
110
78
32
Year 13
88
56
32
Year 2023-2024

Participation in Education, Training, Employment

Destinations after GCSEs
School
LA
England
Staying in education
80.0%
88.5%
86.5%
Further education
32.0%
37.8%
34.7%
School sixth form
43.0%
28.5%
37.9%
Sixth form college
6.0%
20.9%
13.1%
Other education destinations
0.0%
1.2%
0.9%
Entering employment
8.0%
3.9%
3.9%
Entering apprenticeships
2.0%
2.4%
3.4%
Not in education or employment
7.0%
4.1%
5.2%
Destination unknown
2.0%
1.1%
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
62.0%
56.7%
64.0%
Top third higher education institutions
8.0%
14.6%
19.7%
Russell Group
8.0%
12.3%
17.7%
Oxford or Cambridge
0.0%
0.6%
1.0%
Other study at level 4 or 5
0.0%
2.0%
2.6%
Higher apprenticeships
0.0%
1.5%
1.7%
School: Year 2022-2023 Local authority: Year 2019-2020 England: Year 2019-2020