Thornden School

Welcome

Ms Caroline Lowing Headteacher

Welcome to Thornden School.

We are on a mission to become the Best School in the South and we are relentless, as a school community, in ensuring that we get there!

Please see below for our Good Schools Guide Review from 2025 - it explains that we are "A big school with a big heart, exceptional leadership and a culture where it’s cool to want to do well. Delivers academic excellence without compromising on wellbeing or personal development. Families feel very lucky to have this school on their doorstep."

In 2025 we topped the table for GCSE results in Hampshire.

Our values; Aspire, Succeed, Belong and Care are lived - they form the backbone of everything that we do.

Thornden is a very special place - please take a look around our website and get in touch if you would like more information.

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Coming Up:

Thornden School Christmas Concert

Tuesday 16th December, 7pm

Tickets £5

All of Thornden Music Department's extra-curricular vocal and instrumental ensembles will be performing a variety of Christmas themed music to get you in the festive mood.

Find out more on our website

Coming Up:

A Christmas Carol

Thursday 18th December

Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol

A ghost story for a winter's night

Vincent Franklin (The Thick Of It, Happy Valley, Cucumber) brings to life the world’s most infamous miser, four ghosts and more than twenty other extraordinary characters in this much-loved seasonal tale.

This new adaptation of Dickens’ own performance script will leave audiences with their blood chilled and their hearts warmed. It’s the perfect way to get into the Christmas spirit – past, present and future.

Tickets £16/£12.50

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Coming Up:

SWF & Kapow Wrestling

Sunday 4th January 2026

It’s Royal Rumble season…. That’s exactly what the main event match is when SWF and Kapow return with a brand new 2026 show.

A 30-person Royal Rumble, friend v friend, enemy v enemy it’s every person for them self wig the winner getting a shot at any title within the company.

Each competitor enters the arena every 60 seconds and the only way elimination can occur is when a superstar is thrown over the top rope and both feet landing on the floor.

Who will be the ultimate contender?

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