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Thomas Knyvett College

Mixed · ages 11–16 · no sixth formSurrey, South East · Ashford TW15 3DUTrust: The Howard Partnership TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
671of 1,058 places
Free school meals
39.6%
Year 11 cohort 2025
139
Ofsted
Report card, 9 June 2026Read the Ofsted report
Curriculum and teaching Needs attentionAchievement Needs attentionAttendance and behaviour Needs attentionPersonal development and wellbeing Needs attentionInclusion Needs attentionLeadership and governance Expected standardPost-16 provision Not applicableSafeguarding Met

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Thomas Knyvett College (URN 125272, until 1 July 2011).

What the data says

Thomas Knyvett College has no sixth form. Of the 142 pupils who finished Year 11 there in 2023, 3% moved to a sixth form college, 68% to a further education college and 4% started an apprenticeship.

Art and Design is unusually popular at GCSE: 24% of the year group took it, against 7% of pupils across England.

GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 38.6 against 46.1 across England and 50.8 in Surrey, with 30% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

Languages are a small part of the curriculum here: entries in French and Spanish add up to 18% of the year group, and 20% of pupils entered the full EBacc set of subjects (England 41%).

Where pupils went after Year 11

Destinations of the 2023 Year 11 leavers, measured the following year: the share in a sustained place for at least two terms. Compared with all state-funded schools in Surrey and England.

Thomas Knyvett College
Surrey
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureThomas Knyvett CollegeSurreyEngland
Pupils in the cohort14211,758607,348
Any sustained destination88%94%92%
Stayed in education81%89%86%
— school sixth form9%29%34%
— sixth form college3%32%13%
— further education college68%26%37%
— other education1%3%2%
Apprenticeship4%2%3%
Employment3%2%3%
No sustained destination8%4%6%
Destination unknown4%2%3%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureThomas Knyvett CollegeSurreyEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)38.650.846.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths30%55%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths46%74%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects20%44%41%
EBacc average point score3.364.554.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort26%15%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils28.432.634.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils42.254.250.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language31%12%19%

Progress 8 is not available for 2025 and 2026: these cohorts had no Key Stage 2 tests in 2020 and 2021, so there is no baseline. Attainment 8 shows results without taking pupils’ starting points into account.

Subjects taken at GCSE

Entries in 2025 as a share of the Year 11 cohort, and the share of entries graded 7–9 and 4–9, compared with all entries in England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEnglandGrades 7–9EnglandGrades 4–9
English Language13899%89%4%20%48%
Mathematics13899%88%16%22%55%
English Literature13698%86%11%21%57%
Combined Science13396%65%7%9%48%
History7655%41%14%26%42%
Geography5640%41%14%25%64%
Design and Technology3827%11%0%23%18%
Physical Education3626%11%3%24%53%
Art and Design3424%7%3%24%59%
Computer Science2518%13%4%30%28%
Religious Studies2417%31%38%32%71%
Drama2317%7%22%27%78%
French139%18%23%29%77%
Spanish129%19%42%27%83%
Polish54%1%84%
Urdu32%1%42%
Biology11%23%45%
Modern Greek11%0%33%
Arabic11%1%47%
Physics11%23%46%
Punjabi11%0%48%
Chemistry11%23%47%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Hospitality / Catering Studies38
Sports / Movement Science19

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Sources: Department for Education school and college performance tables 2024/2025 (Key Stage 4 and 16–18 results, subject entries, destination measures for 2023 leavers); Get Information About Schools register as at 19 September 2026; Ofsted management information as at 31 August 2026. Small numbers are suppressed by DfE and shown as “—”. How to read these figures.