Thamesmead School, Shepperton

Ofsted's report card from its 23 June 2026 inspection grades Thamesmead School on 6 areas: 2 strong standard and 4 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 very well in lessons."

Inclusion - Strong standard. "Leaders realise their vision to provide an inclusive education."

Attendance and behaviour - Expected standard. "Leaders use data to identify trends in pupils' attendance."

Curriculum and teaching - Expected standard. "Leaders have developed an effective curriculum across all subjects."

Leadership and governance - Expected standard. "Leaders are passionate about the school."

Personal development and wellbeing - Expected standard. "Leaders have built a personal development curriculum, which meets the needs of the community."

Safeguarding standards were met.

Ofsted's next steps for the school: "Leaders should continue to embed strategies to ensure that attendance for all groups is above national averages"; "Leaders should embed high-quality teaching in a small number of subjects by ensuring that teachers identify gaps in pupils' learning and address them in lessons".

In its own words: "Thamesmead school is a co-educational 11-16 comprehensive in the village of Shepperton, Surrey. Our vision for Thamesmead is to be a school that is committed to excellence, nurtures individuals, fulfils potential and respects our community."

From the headteacher's welcome: "When you visit Thamesmead you can see for yourself why our students are so successful. Our vision for Thamesmead is to be a school that is committed to excellence, nurtures individuals, fulfils potential and respects our community. The broad curriculum covered at Thamesmead ensures that every student has the opportunity to achieve their very best."

Clubs and activities named on the school's website include football, netball, rugby, tennis, basketball, drama, philosophy and cheerleading.

The school runs after-school care.

On phones, the school says: "In addition, the Department for Education’s statutory guidance now states that schools should operate as mobile phone-free environments by default."

In 2026, pupils at Thamesmead School averaged an Attainment 8 score of 52.7, the average grade across their best eight GCSEs. The average state school scored 50.8 in Surrey and 47 across England.

55% passed English and maths at grade 5 or above, against 54% in Surrey and 47% in England.

That is up from 50.6 in 2025.

Its most recent Progress 8 score, for 2024, was 0.19: 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 43.2, against 55.1 for other pupils at the school - a gap of 11.9 points.

Pupils sat GCSEs in 23 subjects; after English and maths, the most popular were Religious Studies, Combined Science and Chemistry.

For September 2026 entry, 175 families put Thamesmead School as their first choice and 760 named it as one of their preferences, for 216 places offered. It had fewer first-choice applications than places. 18 families who put it first were not offered a place there.

The nearest other state secondary schools to Thamesmead School are The Bishop Wand Church of England School (1.4 miles, Good, Attainment 8 51.7); Heathside Walton-on-Thames (1.5 miles); Sunbury Manor School (1.7 miles); and Sunbury Manor School (1.7 miles, Inadequate, Attainment 8 38.4).

Thamesmead School's 2026 results were higher than all 2 of them.

Of the 200 pupils who finished Year 11 in 2023/24, 86% stayed in education or training for at least two terms, including 35% to a further education college, 2% to an apprenticeship and 2% into work.

10.7% speak English as an additional language, against 18.8% on average, according to the 2026 school census.

The largest ethnic groups are White British (68%), Asian (8%) and Mixed (8%).

The nearest railway station is Shepperton Rail Station, about 460 metres away (roughly a 6-minute walk).

5 bus stops are within a five-minute walk; the closest is Thamesmead School (outside), 80 metres away.

In 2024/25, Thamesmead School issued 179 suspensions, 17.1 for every 100 pupils (the average state school: 6.3), and 4 permanent exclusions.

The primary schools closest to Thamesmead School are St Nicholas CofE Primary School (0.4 miles), Saxon Primary School (0.9 miles), Littleton CofE Infant School (1.2 miles) and Ashley Church of England Primary School (1.3 miles). Admission does not depend on which primary a child attends unless the school's policy names feeder schools.