Teddington School, Teddington

Ofsted's report card from its 28 April 2026 inspection grades Teddington School on 7 areas: 6 strong standard and 1 expected standard. Report cards replaced single-word judgements in November 2025, on a five-point scale from exceptional to urgent improvement.

Achievement - Strong standard. "Pupils achieve highly across the curriculum."

Curriculum and teaching - Strong standard. "Leaders have an acute understanding of the quality of the school's curriculum and its implementation."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Inclusion is the responsibility of all."

Leadership and governance - Strong standard. "Leaders, governors and trustees share a common vision for the school and its future."

Personal development and wellbeing - Strong standard. "Leaders combine high expectations for pupils with a deep sense of community and belonging."

Post 16 provision - Strong standard. "Leaders have established a highly successful post-16 provision."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Pupils' attendance has the highest priority across the school."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should continue to implement, track and refine their strategies for improving attendance in order to increase the rates of attendance across different pupil groups"; "Leaders should continue to evaluate the impact of their well-chosen strategies for addressing and reducing pupils' barriers to learning to enable highly positive outcomes and transformational experiences for disadvantaged pupils and/or those with special educational needs/disabilities".

From the headteacher's welcome: "At Teddington School, we are committed to delivering a first-class educational experience for every student. We believe that all young people deserve access to a broad, rigorous, and enriching curriculum that not only challenges them academically but also prepares them with the skills and confidence to thrive in an ever-changing world."

Coming up: an open evening on Wednesday 11 November 2026 and an open day on Thursday 12 November 2026. Check the school's website before you go, as dates can change.

In 2026, pupils at Teddington School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 55.8, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 56.8 in Richmond upon Thames and 47 across England.

62% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 65% in Richmond upon Thames and 47% in England.

That is in line with 2025, when the score was 56.5.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.23: pupils made above average progress compared with pupils nationally who started secondary school at the same level. Progress 8 was not published for 2026.

Disadvantaged pupils averaged an Attainment 8 of 42.8, against 58.9 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 16.1 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 26 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Geography, Combined Science and History.

For September 2026 entry, 139 families put Teddington School as their first choice and 1037 named it as one of their preferences, for 260 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 27 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Teddington School are The Tiffin Girls' School (0.5 miles, Outstanding, selective, Attainment 8 86); The Kingston Academy (0.5 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 64.6); Tiffin School (1 mile, Good, selective, Attainment 8 83.1); and Grey Court School (1.1 miles, Outstanding, Attainment 8 61.7).

Each of them had higher 2026 results than Teddington School.

Teddington School is one of 31 schools run by Bourne Education Trust, an academy trust.

Across the trust's secondary schools, pupils averaged an Attainment 8 score of 46.4 in 2024/25.

Of the 238 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 93% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 24% to a further education college, 1% to an apprenticeship and 1% into work.

Of the 124 students who left the sixth form in 2023/24, 65% went on to university or other higher education and 11% into work. 14% went to one of the most selective third of universities.

25.3% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (53%), Mixed (15%) and other ethnic groups (5%).

In 2026, 97 pupils (6.9%) received SEN support and 58 (4.1%) had an education, health and care plan, against 16.2% and 4.6% at the average state school. The most common need among them is social, emotional and mental health needs.

Teddington School has a resourced provision for social, emotional and mental health needs: 10 places, 10 pupils on roll.

The nearest railway station is Hampton Wick Rail Station, about 910 metres away (roughly a 11-minute walk).

1 bus stop is within a five-minute walk; the closest is Broom Road / Teddington School (->s), 70 metres away.

Measured by the 2025 English Indices of Deprivation, the neighbourhood Teddington School stands in is among the 20% least deprived neighbourhoods in England. This describes where the school is, not where its pupils live.

In August 2026, police recorded 528 crimes within a mile of the school, most often violence and sexual offences, shoplifting and anti-social behaviour. That is well above the typical figure around schools in Richmond upon Thames (232), as is usual near a town centre.

In 2024/25, Teddington School issued 70 suspensions, 5.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 1 permanent exclusion.

The primary schools closest to Teddington School are Hampton Wick Infant and Nursery School (0.3 miles), St John the Baptist Church of England Junior School (0.4 miles), Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School (0.4 miles) and Fern Hill Primary School (0.4 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.