Thamesmead School
Secondary · Academy converter · Mixed · Surrey
Manygate Lane, Shepperton, TW17 9EE
71
headline score
Ranking (England)
—
No ranked results
Ofsted
School remains Good
No graded inspection
Application demand
79%
1st preference success · Not oversubscribed
Attendance
91.1%
25.5% persistently absent
At a glance
Pupils on roll
1,054
Capacity used
Over capacity100%
1,050 places
GCSE rank (England)
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KS2 rank (England)
—
Application demand
Secondary entry · official council applications and offers
79%
1st preference success rate
158 of 201 families who put it first got an offer
217
Places offered
796
Total applications
3.7
Applications per place
| Preference (Sept 2025 entry) | Applications | Offers | Success |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st preference | 201 | 158 | ● 79% |
| 2nd preference | 213 | 31 | ● 15% |
| 3rd preference | 194 | 16 | ● 8% |
| Later preferences (4th–6th) | 188 | 12 | ● 6% |
| Total | 796 | 217 | 27% |
1st preference success by year
Surrey lets families list 6 preferences. 40 applications came from outside the council area (6 offered). Source: Department for Education, school-level applications and offers. Offers are made on each school's admissions criteria (e.g. siblings, distance, faith), so check the school's policy.
Details
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Age range
- 11–16
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- None
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Sixth form
- No
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Headteacher
- Philip Reeves
- Address
- Manygate Lane, Shepperton, TW17 9EE
- Phone
- 01932219400
- Local authority
- Surrey
- Ward / constituency
- Shepperton Town · Spelthorne
- Area
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- URN
- 137237
Pupils
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free school meals | 17% | — | — |
| English as additional language | 11% | — | — |
| SEN support | 14% | — | — |
Local deprivation (IDACI quintile 1 of 5)
1 = least deprived area, 5 = most deprived. Context only.
Academy trust: THAMESMEAD SCHOOL
1,054 pupils · 1,050 places. Intake figures describe the school's community — they aren't good or bad.
Ofsted inspections
- 22
17 November 2022
Ungraded inspection
School remains Good
Attendance
2024/2025 school year · 1,076 pupils
Attendance
91.1%
Share of sessions attended · England 91.1%
Overall absence
8.9%
Sessions missed, any reason · England 8.9%
Persistent absence
25.5%
Pupils missing 10%+ of school · England 26.7%
Severe absence
3.4%
Pupils missing 50%+ of school · England 2.3%
Unauthorised absence
3.5%
Absences the school didn't approve
Persistent absence by year
Source: Department for Education, pupil absence by school (pupils aged 5–15). Lower absence is better. England figures are approximate 2023/24 averages.
GCSE results
| Measure | School | LA | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 score | 49.8 | — | — |
| Progress 8 score | 0.19 | — | 0.00 |
| Grade 5+ in English & maths | 50% | — | — |
| Grade 4+ in English & maths | 72% | — | — |
| EBacc average point score | 4.28 | — | — |
Progress 8 band
GCSE results over time
Attainment 8 by year (2020 and 2021 exams were cancelled)
| Result | School | England (approx.) |
|---|---|---|
| Attainment 8 | 50.6 | 46 |
| Grade 5+ English & maths | 50.7% | 46% |
| Grade 4+ English & maths | 74.6% | 65% |
| Entering EBacc | 19.9% | 40% |
| EBacc average point score | 4.31 | 4.1 |
| Pupils in cohort | 201 | — |
How different pupils progress (GCSE, 2023/2024)
Progress 8 by group. 0 is the national average; above 0 means pupils do better than similar children elsewhere.
House prices near the school
Typical sold prices (Land Registry) within 1 km, last 12 months.
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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.