Thornton College
Other independent school · Girls · Buckinghamshire
Convent of Jesus and Mary, Milton Keynes, MK17 0HJ
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headline score
Ranking (England)
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No ranked results
Ofsted
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No graded inspection
Application demand
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No council data
Attendance
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No data
At a glance
Pupils on roll
315
Capacity used
Has space54%
580 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
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Details
- Type
- Other independent school
- Age range
- 3–19
- Gender
- Girls
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- Yes
- Nursery
- Has Nursery Classes
- Boarding
- Boarding school
- Headteacher
- Louise Shaw
- Address
- Convent of Jesus and Mary, Thornton, Milton Keynes, MK17 0HJ
- Phone
- 01280812610
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Ward / constituency
- Horwood · Buckingham and Bletchley
- Area
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 110549
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | — | — | — |
| English as additional language | — | — | — |
| SEN support | 9% | — | — |
315 pupils · 580 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
No state-school Ofsted inspection on record (independent schools are often inspected by ISI).
View all Ofsted reportsGCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 58.1 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | — | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 69% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 87% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.88 | — | — |
A-level results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 28.29 | — | — |
Average grade: C- (England B-)
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 62.2 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 63% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 87% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 34.8% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 5.4 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 46 | — |
A-level results over time
Average points per entry by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Average points per entry | 39.75 | 35 |
| Average grade | B | — |
| AAB or better (2 facilitating) | 31.3% | 17% |
| A-level students | 27 | — |
Results by subject
Official DfE exam results for summer 2025. Green, amber and red compare against typical results in England; subjects with fewer than 5 entries aren't rated.
GCSE
Grade 4 is a standard pass, 5 a strong pass, 7 equals the old A.
| Subject | Entries | Grade 7+ | Grade 5+ | Grade 4+ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 44 | 34% | 70% | 91% | |
| English Language | 44 | 45% | 82% | 93% | |
| English Literature | 44 | 57% | 93% | 100% | |
| Religious Studies | 43 | 63% | 88% | 95% | |
| Geography | 27 | 59% | 85% | 93% | |
| Combined Science | 23 | 26% | 65% | 83% | |
| Biology | 21 | 52% | 76% | 95% | |
| Physics | 21 | 43% | 76% | 86% | |
| Chemistry | 21 | 52% | 71% | 90% | |
| Art and Design | 19 | 16% | 100% | 100% | |
| History | 16 | 50% | 81% | 94% | |
| Business | 13 | 38% | 62% | 77% |
A level
| Subject | Entries | A* | A*–A | A*–B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 10 | 10% | 40% | 70% | |
| Economics | 6 | 0% | 33% | 83% | |
| Biology | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Geography | 5 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Mathematics | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| English Literature | 4 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| French | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Sociology | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Photography | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Drama and Theatre Studies | 3 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| History | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% | |
| Physics | 2 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Oxbridge
Cambridge offers by year
No Cambridge offers this year
UCAS apply centre 26623: Thornton College
| Cambridge admissions1 | 2025 |
|---|---|
| Applications | ≤5 |
| Offers | 0 |
| Success rate | — |
| Accepted offers | 0 |
1 Source: University of Cambridge, applications, offers and acceptances by UCAS apply centre. To protect privacy small counts are hidden: "<3" means 0–2 (up to 2023); "≤5" means 1–5 (from 2024). Success rate is only shown when exact numbers are published (England average is about 20%).
2 Schools ranked by number of offers; this doesn't account for school size. Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures, so they aren't shown.
House prices near the school
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Source: Get Information About Schools and the DfE school and college performance tables (2023-2024); Oxbridge figures from the University of Cambridge's admissions by UCAS apply centre (Oxford doesn't publish per-school figures). Read the method.