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Thamesmead School

  • 11–16Ages
  • 1,054Pupils
  • SecondaryPhase
  • 137237URN

Manygate Lane, Shepperton, TW17 9EE · 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
3.5per place
0.9 above Surrey median (2.7)
Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther secondary schools in Surrey

760 applications for 216 places · 10th of 57 in Surrey
Every year since 2014
Attainment 8 · 2025/26 (provisional)
52.7of 90
25th of 56 in Surrey
All GCSE results

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026
Report card · inspected 23 June 2026Published 8 September 2026 · safeguarding standards met · no overall grade
AreaExceptionalStrong standardExpected standardNeeds attentionUrgent improvement
InclusionStrong standard
Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
AchievementStrong standard
Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
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. 23 June 2026
    Report card · 2 Strong standard, 4 Expected standard
  2. 17 November 2022
    Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

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
3.5applications per place, Year 7
0.9 above Surrey median (2.7) 1.3 above England median (2.2)

760 applications · 216 places offered · 175 named it first

  1. 2026 3.5; Surrey median median 2.7
  2. 2025 3.7; Surrey median median 2.6
  3. 2024 3.6; Surrey median median 2.6
  4. 2023 3.0; Surrey median median 2.7
  5. 2022 3.1; Surrey median median 2.7
  6. 2021 3.3; Surrey median median 2.3
  7. 2020 3.0; Surrey median median 2.5
  8. 2019 3.5; Surrey median median 2.3
  9. 2018 3.9; Surrey median median 2.4
  10. 2017 3.8; Surrey median median 2.4
  11. 2016 4.0; Surrey median median 2.6
  12. 2015 3.6; Surrey median median 2.4
  13. 2014 3.8; Surrey median median 2.5
More applications per place than the Surrey median in 13 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 20262167603.51750.81
Sep 20252177963.72010.93
Sep 20242137763.61990.93
Sep 20232266873.01870.83
Sep 20222367403.11790.76
Sep 20212257353.32000.89
Sep 20202226683.01650.74
Sep 20192117353.52020.96
Sep 20182188483.92301.06
Sep 20172057823.82281.11
Sep 20162058194.02761.35
Sep 20152077423.62431.17
Sep 20142027713.82571.27

How did pupils do at GCSE?

DfE KS4 · 2025/26 provisional

204 pupils took GCSEs in 2025/26.

Attainment 8 (out of 90)52.725th of 56 in Surrey
Grade 5 or above in English and maths55%27th of 56 in Surrey
Grade 4 or above in English and maths79%
  • This school
  • Surrey median
  • England median
Progress 8 (2023/24, the latest published)+0.19
−20 = national average+2
Every year as a table
YearPupilsAttainment 85+ Eng & maths4+ Eng & mathsProgress 8
2025/26 (prov.)20452.755%79%–
2024/2520150.651%75%–
2023/2420049.850%72%+0.19
2022/2319353.556%79%+0.32

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
137237 · 936/5410
Trust
Thamesmead School
Admissions policy
Non-selective
Capacity
1,050 pupils · 1,054 on roll
Free school meals
17.0% of pupils (England median 23%)
Opened
1 August 2011
Replaced
Thamesmead School (URN 125310)
Address
Manygate Lane, Shepperton, TW17 9EE
Local authority
Surrey · Spelthorne

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