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Tanbridge House School[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 56 56.0 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
56 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
57.9% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
27.6% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
+0.40 2023/24[3]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[4]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[4]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 54.2[5] 59.4%[5]
2023/24 53.1[3] 59.2%[3] +0.40[3]
2022/23 56.7[6] 68%[6] +0.76[6]
2021/22 57.3[7] 68%[7] +0.71[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
95% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form
4% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college
67% 2022/23[8]
Further education college
17% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship
2% 2022/23[8]
Employment
4% 2022/23[8]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 94%[9] 7%[9] 59%[9] 21%[9] 2%[9] 4%[9]
2020/21 97%[10] 2%[10] 74%[10] 13%[10] 2%[10] 4%[10]
2019/20 97%[11] 7%[11] 69%[11] 17%[11] 1%[11] 2%[11]
2018/19 96%[12] 4%[12] 65%[12] 16%[12] 2%[12] 7%[12]

Shares of the pupils who left in the year shown. Russell Group and Oxford or Cambridge figures were published for leavers up to 2019/20 only.

Ofsted

Latest inspection
11 Jun 2024[13]
Type
S5 Inspection[13]
Report published
17 Jul 2024[13]
Personal development
Outstanding[13]
Quality of education
Outstanding[13]
Overall effectiveness
Outstanding[13]
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding[13]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[13]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Outstanding[13]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
2.7 Entry Sept 2026[14]
Applications (any preference)
775 Entry Sept 2026[14]
First preferences
340 Entry Sept 2026[14]
Places offered
292 Entry Sept 2026[14]
First preferences per place
1.2 Entry Sept 2026[14]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 841[14] 349[14] 301[14] 2.8[14] 1.2[14]
Entry Sept 2024 874[14] 344[14] 304[14] 2.9[14] 1.1[14]
Entry Sept 2023 847[14] 371[14] 298[14] 2.8[14] 1.2[14]
Entry Sept 2022 905[14] 301[14] 299[14] 3.0[14] 1.0[14]

Character & practicalities

Type
Community school[1]
Ages
11–16[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
No[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1500[1]
Local authority
West Sussex[1]
Website
http://www.tanbridge-house-sch.co.uk[1]
District
Horsham[15]
Postcode
RH12 1SR[1]
URN
126064[1]

School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.

Pupils

Number on roll
1524 2024/25[16]
English as an additional language
6.9% 2024/25[16]
SEN support
25% 2024/25[16]
EHC plan
2.2% 2024/25[16]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
10% 2024/25[16]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
84.8%[17]
Mixed
6.5%[17]
Asian
6%[17]
Black
1.6%[17]
Any other ethnic group
0.6%[17]
Unclassified
0.5%[17]

The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.

Sources

  1. Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  2. Department for Education: Performance tables schools data (explore education statistics). Period 2025/26, provisional, published 2026-10-15. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  3. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  4. Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
    Quote
    It is not possible to calculate Progress 8 for academic years 2024/25 and 2025/26 due to gaps in the baseline caused by COVID-19 disruption.
  5. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  6. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  7. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  8. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  9. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  10. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2020/21, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  11. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  12. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2018/19, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  13. Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2023/24. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  14. Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  15. Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  16. Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
  17. Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.