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Thomas Knyvett College

  • 11–16Ages
  • 671Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 136832URN

Stanwell Road, Ashford, TW15 3DU · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school
Latest Ofsted

Report card · inspected Jun 2026

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement

Safeguarding standards met

What Ofsted found
Applications per place · Sept 2026
1.3per place
1.3 below Surrey median (2.7)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Surrey

185 applications for 140 places · 54th of 57 in Surrey
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
38.7of 90
56th of 56 in Surrey
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 9 June 2026Published 14 July 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionNeeds attention
Curriculum and teachingNeeds attention
AchievementNeeds attention
Attendance and behaviourNeeds attention
Personal development and wellbeingNeeds attention
Early yearsDoes not apply to this school
Post-16 provisionDoes not apply to this school
Leadership and governanceExpected standard
  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

Inspection history

  1. 9 June 2026
    Report card · 1 Expected standard, 5 Needs attention
  2. 14 November 2023
    Graded inspection: Requires improvement

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry
1.3applications per place, Year 7
1.3 below Surrey median (2.7) 0.9 below England median (2.2)

185 applications · 140 places offered · 75 named it first

  1. 2026 1.3; Surrey median median 2.7
  2. 2025 1.1; Surrey median median 2.6
  3. 2024 1.4; Surrey median median 2.6
  4. 2023 2.0; Surrey median median 2.7
  5. 2022 1.9; Surrey median median 2.7
  6. 2021 1.9; Surrey median median 2.3
  7. 2020 2.2; Surrey median median 2.5
  8. 2019 2.1; Surrey median median 2.3
  9. 2018 2.1; Surrey median median 2.4
  10. 2017 2.3; Surrey median median 2.4
  11. 2016 2.1; Surrey median median 2.6
  12. 2015 2.2; Surrey median median 2.4
  13. 2014 2.0; Surrey median median 2.5
More applications per place than the Surrey median in 0 of 13 years.
  • This school
  • Surrey median

Year 7 applications for September 2027 close 31 October 2026, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

EntryPlacesApplicationsPer placeFirst preferencesFirst-pref. ratio
Sep 20261401851.3750.54
Sep 20251501641.1580.39
Sep 20241492021.4670.45
Sep 20231583132.01350.85
Sep 20221582981.91290.82
Sep 20211593091.91330.84
Sep 20201613552.21390.86
Sep 20191623422.11490.92
Sep 20181623462.11470.91
Sep 20171483412.31410.95
Sep 20161473122.11360.93
Sep 20151453142.21350.93
Sep 20141462852.01280.88

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

127 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)38.756th of 56 in Surrey
Grade 5 or above in English and maths31%54th of 56 in Surrey
Grade 4 or above in English and maths50%
  • This school
  • Surrey median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)−0.39
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)12738.731%50%–
2024/2513938.630%46%–
2023/2415143.141%60%−0.39
2022/2314240.232%53%−0.36

Progress 8 is not published for 2024/25 or 2025/26: those pupils had no key stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest secondary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

  • Exceptional
  • Strong standard
  • Expected standard
  • Needs attention
  • Urgent improvement
  • Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type
Academy converter
Phase
Secondary
URN · DfE number
136832 · 936/4464
Trust
The Howard Partnership Trust
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,058 pupils · 671 on roll
Free school meals
39.6% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 July 2011
Replaced
Thomas Knyvett College (URN 125272)
Address
Stanwell Road, Ashford, TW15 3DU
Local authority
Surrey · Spelthorne

Data last changed 19 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources