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 a very high percentage (72%) of students achieved grade 5 or above in English and Maths GCSES, which placed them as the best performing cohort in Hampshire.

We hold internal results data for 2026 and we await nationally published comparisons, which are released later in the academic year. Here is a school generated overview (generated: September 2026). You can see that this cohort achieved some stellar results, with an attainment 8 grade of 64.53 and an improvement on the percentage of students achieving a grade 5 or above in English and Maths GCSEs (80.2%).

English and Maths 2026

In Maths, 94.8% of students achieved at least a grade 4, with 86.6% 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, 93.8% of students also achieved at least one grade 4 with 82% 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.

English and Maths 2025

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 2025

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 2026:

Name	9%	8%	7%	6%	5%	4%	3%	2%	1%	Total Grades	Average Grade	Average Points
Art Ceramics	0	40	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	7	7.4
Art Fine	21	18	18	24	18	3	0	0	0	34	7	6.91
Art Graphic Communication	0	13	6	25	44	13	0	0	0	16	6	5.63
Biology	61	24	6	8	1	0	0	0	0	80	8	8.36
Business Studies	16	16	28	14	11	8	6	1	0	80	7	6.59
Chemistry	54	30	10	5	1	0	0	0	0	80	8	8.3
Combined Science	13	14	16	13	25	12	6	1	0	420	66	6.13
Computer Science	21	21	14	16	9	5	9	5	0	43	7	6.53
D&T Textiles	10	25	25	20	10	10	0	0	0	20	7	6.75
D&T Timbers	0	3	13	16	38	19	9	3	0	32	5	5.03
Dance	38	17	13	25	4	4	0	0	0	24	7	7.46
Drama Acting	12	39	3	27	12	3	3	0	0	33	7	6.91
Drama Tech	8	16	11	30	11	11	8	3	0	37	6	5.84
Engineering	8	24	34	26	3	3	3	0	0	38	7	6.89
English Language	9	12	19	28	14	10	8	1	0	291	6	6.1
English Literature	9	9	17	25	17	13	7	2	0	289	6	5.91
Food preparation and nutrition	8	15	18	26	18	10	5	0	0	39	6	6.18
French	27	15	13	4	34	2	5	0	0	96	7	6.69
Geography	15	24	20	18	12	6	5	1	0	196	7	6.7
German	11	22	8	17	17	14	8	0	0	36	6	6
History	13	16	17	24	10	9	6	2	0	98	6	6.22
Maths	16	15	17	16	23	8	5	0	0	291	6	6.38
Media Studies	17	17	17	24	12	5	7	0	0	41	7	6.59
Music GCSE	30	26	22	4	13	0	4	0	0	23	7	7.39
PE	13	8	10	25	23	13	8	3	0	40	6	5.83
Physics	58	25	10	8	0	0	0	0	0	80	8	8.32
Religious Studies	39	25	10	16	6	2	2	0	0	49	8	7.59
Spanish	21	23	15	6	34	1	0	0	0	80	7	6.88
Summary	19	17	16	19	15	7	5	1	0	2176	7	6.59

 

Name	L2 D* %	L2 D %	L2 M %	L2 P %	L1 D %	L1 M %	L1 P %	U %	Total Grades
Child Development	14.3	19	33.3	23.8	9.5	0	0	0	21
Enterprise	0	2.2	19.6	56.5	21.7	0	0	0	46

 

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.