Not only do students at Thornden take full advantage of the range of extracurricular activities on offer, from superb sports clubs and teams to amazing Drama, Dance and Musical performances and clubs, they also achieve wonderful academic outcomes. These strong academic outcomes have been consistent over many years.

The 2025 Year 11 cohort at Thornden achieved excellent GCSE results, displaying fantastic results with an attainment 8 score of 59.8* and the highest percentage of Grade 5 or above in English and Maths GCSES, which placed them as the best performing cohort in Hampshire.

 

English and Maths

In Maths, 92.4% of students achieved at least a grade 4, with 82% of students gaining a grade 5 or above, where grade 4 is a pass and grade 5 is a good pass at GCSE.

In English, 85% of students also achieved at least a grade 4 with 72% of students gaining at least one grade 5 or above, where grade 4 is a pass and grade 5 is a good pass at GCSE.

Performance in both English and Maths grades as a combination at grade 5+ was also excellent, far exceeding local and national averages:

EBacc

Students also have the opportunity to take a full EBacc suite of GCSE subjects and, indeed, a significant proportion of our students take these subjects at GCSE. Here you can see our EBacc entries compared to local and national averages as well as the average EBacc points score:

 

Subject performance

Please see below for information regarding the percentage of students achieving each grade, as well as the number of students who took that GCSE in 2025

Name	9 %	8 %	7 %	6 %	5 %	4 %	3 %	2 %	1 %	Total Grades	Average Grade	Average Points
Art Ceramics	0	0	27	46	9	18	0	0	0	11	6	5.82
Art Fine	15	30	50	5	0	0	0	0	0	20	8	7.55
Art Graphic Communication	0	0	11	22	22	39	6	0	0	18	5	4.94
Biology	42	19	21	14	1	1	1	0	0	78	8	7.78
Business Studies	3	8	17	23	27	8	9	3	2	64	6	5.52
Chemistry	35	26	16	18	5	0	0	0	0	77	8	7.68
Computer Science	13	27	10	6	10	4	6	19	4	48	6	5.69
Combined Science	5	10	13	19	31	14	6	2	1	418	65	5.58
D&T Papers and Boards	0	9	9	0	18	27	18	18	0	11	4	4.27
D&T Textiles	17	0	42	25	17	0	0	0	0	12	7	6.75
D&T Timbers	0	6	11	22	39	11	11	0	0	18	5	5.28
Dance	46	18	18	5	14	0	0	0	0	22	8	7.77
Drama	15	9	19	30	15	11	0	0	0	53	6	6.45
Engineering	5	10	15	10	13	20	25	3	0	40	5	5.13
English Language	5	9	13	25	19	15	12	1	1	289	6	5.54
English Literature	7	7	16	22	21	12	13	2	1	283	6	5.53
Food preparation and nutrition	12	19	14	26	19	7	0	2	0	42	6	6.45
French	15	17	7	11	29	9	13	0	0	91	6	6
Geography	7	19	21	14	18	8	12	1	0	190	6	6.06
German	10	12	17	10	20	20	12	0	0	41	6	5.76
History	13	9	13	14	22	7	14	5	5	87	6	5.51
Maths	8	20	16	17	22	10	5	2	1	290	6	6.08
Media Studies	10	7	17	24	16	12	11	3	0	90	6	5.73
Music GCSE	21	14	36	21	0	7	0	0	0	14	7	7.14
PE	10	5	8	15	15	8	36	3	0	39	5	5
Physics	34	33	13	14	7	0	0	0	0	77	8	7.73
Religious Studies	26	24	17	17	9	3	5	0	0	66	7	7.14
Spanish	15	20	16	8	20	16	4	0	0	74	6	6.36
Summary	12	15	16	18	18	10	9	2	1	2145	6	6.08

 

Name	L2 D* %	L2 D %	L2 M %	L2 P %	L1 D %	L1 M %	L1 P %	Total Grades	Average Grade	Average Points
Child Development	11.1	18.5	18.5	29.6	18.5	0	3.7	27	L2 M	5.05
Enterprise	2.5	17.5	30	27.5	20	2.5	0	40	L2 P	4.84

 

 

Pupil Destinations After Key Stage 4 (2023 Leavers)

Category	Thornden School	Hampshire (LA)	England (State Schools)
Staying in education, apprenticeship or employment (2 terms)	97%	92%	91%
Total pupils included	291	14,028	607,348

Education Destinations (2 terms)

Type	Thornden School	Hampshire (LA)	England
All education destinations	95%	85%	86%
Further education college or other FE provider	11%	38%	37%
School sixth forms	6%	34%	—
Sixth form colleges	84%	40%	13%
Other education destinations	0%	1%	2%

Apprenticeships

Apprenticeship (≥6 months)	Thornden School	Hampshire (LA)	England
Pupils in apprenticeships	2%	3%	3%

Employment Destinations

Employment (2 terms)	Thornden School	Hampshire (LA)	England
Pupils in employment	1%	4%	3%

Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET)

Not sustained (NEET or dropped out)	Thornden School	Hampshire (LA)	England
Not counted as staying in education/employment	2%	6%	6%
Destination unknown	1%	3%	3%

 

*Attainment 8

This score is based on how well pupils in a school have performed in up to 8 qualifications, which include English, maths, 3 English Baccalaureate qualifications including sciences, computer science, history, geography and languages, and 3 other additional approved qualifications.