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Three Rivers Academy

Mixed · ages 11–18 · with sixth formSurrey, South East · Walton-on-Thames KT12 5EJTrust: The Howard Partnership TrustSchool website
Pupils on roll
1,311of 1,250 places
Free school meals
26.5%
Year 11 cohort 2025
249
Ofsted
Inspected, 15 October 2024Read the Ofsted report

Results below include those reported under the school’s previous registration: Rydens Enterprise School and Sixth Form College (URN 137137, until 1 September 2016).

What the data says

Of the 202 pupils who finished Year 11 at Three Rivers Academy in 2023, 42% stayed on in Three Rivers Academy’s own sixth form (Surrey average 29%), 28% went to a further education college and 3% started an apprenticeship.

Among the 68 students who left the sixth form in 2023, 49% went to university (Surrey 41%, England 37%), and 15% of level 3 students progressed to one of the most selective universities, against 19% nationally.

Business Studies is unusually popular at GCSE: 47% of the year group took it, against 18% of pupils across England.

GCSE results in 2025 were below the national picture: Attainment 8 of 42.3 against 46.1 across England and 50.8 in Surrey, with 39% of pupils getting grade 5 or above in both English and maths (England 45%).

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.

Three Rivers Academy
Surrey
England
School sixth formSixth form collegeFurther education collegeOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureThree Rivers AcademySurreyEngland
Pupils in the cohort20211,758607,348
Any sustained destination94%94%92%
Stayed in education88%89%86%
— school sixth form42%29%34%
— sixth form college17%32%13%
— further education college28%26%37%
— other education1%3%2%
Apprenticeship3%2%3%
Employment2%2%3%
No sustained destination6%4%6%
Destination unknown2%3%

Where students went after sixth form

Destinations of students who finished 16–18 study in 2023, measured the following year.

Three Rivers Academy
Surrey
England
University (higher education)Further educationOther educationApprenticeshipEmploymentNo sustained destination
MeasureThree Rivers AcademySurreyEngland
Students in the cohort6810,235541,441
Any sustained destination74%82%79%
University (higher education)49%41%37%
— most selective universities (top third), of level 3 students15%24%19%
Further education0%4%5%
Apprenticeship1%5%7%
Employment24%32%28%
No sustained destination12%12%16%

GCSE results 2025

MeasureThree Rivers AcademySurreyEngland
Attainment 8 (average points per pupil)42.350.846.1
Grade 5 or above in English and maths39%55%45%
Grade 4 or above in English and maths59%74%65%
Entered the English Baccalaureate subjects33%44%41%
EBacc average point score3.694.554.09
Disadvantaged pupils in the cohort22%15%28%
Attainment 8 — disadvantaged pupils30.132.634.9
Attainment 8 — other pupils45.854.250.4
Pupils with high prior attainment (Key Stage 2)
English as an additional language12%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 Language24799%89%9%20%61%
Mathematics23394%88%17%22%71%
English Literature22992%86%9%21%69%
Combined Science18273%65%2%9%43%
History14458%41%15%26%60%
Business Studies11647%18%19%20%69%
Geography7329%41%8%25%42%
Spanish6024%19%25%27%83%
Biology5924%23%36%45%100%
Chemistry5924%23%27%47%95%
Physics5924%23%32%46%95%
Sociology4920%4%14%21%69%
French4418%18%27%29%73%
Classical Civilisation4217%1%7%40%52%
Media Studies4217%4%5%20%67%
Computer Science3614%13%6%30%33%
Drama3414%7%29%27%94%
Design and Technology3414%11%3%23%47%
Fine Art3012%9%23%28%87%
Textiles229%2%18%27%91%
Physical Education208%11%0%24%85%
Dance177%1%18%27%88%
Photography114%6%36%19%91%
Music114%5%18%33%73%
Russian21%0%87%
Chinese10%1%75%

Technical awards and other Key Stage 4 qualifications

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Hospitality / Catering Studies5879%
Sports / Movement Science2534%

A levels and other level 3 courses

MeasureThree Rivers AcademySurreyEngland
Students at the end of 16–18 study192
— of whom A level students737,325261,341
Average A level gradeCB-B-
Average points per A level entry31.3137.1935.00
Average grade, best 3 A levelsCB-B-
AAB or better with two facilitating subjects7%18%18%
Average grade, applied general courses
Average grade, T levels

A level subjects

Entries as a share of A level students, compared with the share across England.

SubjectEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Business Studies2534%13%
History2433%13%
Psychology2027%23%
Sociology1521%13%
Economics1521%13%
Mathematics1419%31%
Classical Civilisation1216%1%
Biology1014%20%
Drama710%2%
Politics710%6%
Physical Education710%3%
English Language and Literature68%2%
Textiles1%
Photography3%
Further Mathematics5%
Media Studies4%
Chemistry17%
Physics12%
Polish0%
Fine Art3%
Spanish2%
Computer Science5%
Geography10%

Applied, technical and other level 3 courses

SubjectQualificationEntriesShare of cohortEngland
Study SkillsExtended Project (Diploma)2129%
Mathematical StudiesCore Maths Qualifications at Level 3811%
Sports StudiesOCR Cambridge Technical Extended Certificate at Level 3710%
Speech and DramaBTEC National Extended Certificate L3 - Band F - P-D*68%
Sports StudiesOCR Cambridge Technical Diploma at Level 3

Where Three Rivers Academy is

Other secondary schools in Surrey are shown for comparison; darker blue means more Year 11 leavers stayed in education. The last distance at which this school offered places is not yet on file — it comes from Surrey’s allocation statistics.

Other secondary schools in Surrey

Ash Manor School

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84% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.7

Blenheim High School

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88% stayed in education · Attainment 8 49.4

Broadwater School

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86% stayed in education · Attainment 8 55.9

Carrington School

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90% stayed in education · Attainment 8 45.0

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.