Thomas Knyvett College[1]

Secondary · ages 11–16

Headline results

Attainment 8: A8 39 38.7 2025/26[2]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8: 38.7 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths: 30.7% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths: 5.5% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8: -0.39 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	Progress 8
2024/25	38.6[5]	30.2%[5]
2023/24	43.1[3]	41.1%[3]	-0.39[3]
2022/23	40.2[6]	32%[6]	-0.36[6]
2021/22	43.4[7]	41%[7]	-0.26[7]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment: 88% 2022/23[8]
School sixth form: 9% 2022/23[8]
Sixth-form college: 3% 2022/23[8]
Further education college: 68% 2022/23[8]
Apprenticeship: 4% 2022/23[8]
Employment: 3% 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	88%[9]	4%[9]	4%[9]	71%[9]	4%[9]	5%[9]
2020/21	93%[10]	4%[10]	4%[10]	78%[10]	1%[10]	6%[10]
2019/20	93%[11]	7%[11]	2%[11]	79%[11]	1%[11]	1%[11]
2018/19	90%[12]	7%[12]	1%[12]	68%[12]	6%[12]	6%[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: 9 Jun 2026[13]
Type: S5 Inspection[13]
Report published: 14 Jul 2026[13]
Inclusion: Needs attention[13]
Achievement: Needs attention[13]
Safeguarding standards: Met[13]
Curriculum and teaching: Needs attention[13]
Attendance and behaviour: Needs attention[13]
Leadership and governance: Expected standard[13]
Personal development and wellbeing: Needs attention[13]

Earlier inspections
Inspection	Type	Overall
14 Nov 2023[14]	S5 Inspection[14]	Requires improvement[14]
5 Jun 2018[15]	Maintained Academy and School Short inspection[15]	No overall grade[15]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place: 1.3 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Applications (any preference): 185 Entry Sept 2026[16]
First preferences: 75 Entry Sept 2026[16]
Places offered: 140 Entry Sept 2026[16]
First preferences per place: 0.5 Entry Sept 2026[16]

Earlier years
Entry	Applications	First preferences	Places offered	Per place	First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025	164[16]	58[16]	150[16]	1.1[16]	0.4[16]
Entry Sept 2024	202[16]	67[16]	149[16]	1.4[16]	0.4[16]
Entry Sept 2023	313[16]	135[16]	158[16]	2.0[16]	0.9[16]
Entry Sept 2022	298[16]	129[16]	158[16]	1.9[16]	0.8[16]

Admissions

Application deadline, 11+ entry: 31 Oct 2026 Entry Sept 2027[17]
Places (published admission number), 11+ entry: 150 Entry Sept 2027[17]

Character & practicalities

Type: Academy converter[1]
Ages: 11–16[1]
Boys / girls: Mixed[1]
Admissions: Non-selective[1]
Sixth form: No[1]
Boarding: No boarders[1]
Capacity: 1058[1]
Trust: THE HOWARD PARTNERSHIP TRUST[1]
Local authority: Surrey[1]
Website: http://thomasknyvett.org/[1]
District: Spelthorne [18]
Postcode: TW15 3DU[1]
URN: 136832[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll: 687 2024/25[19]
English as an additional language: 33% 2024/25[19]
SEN support: 12.8% 2024/25[19]
EHC plan: 4.4% 2024/25[19]
Free school meals in the last 6 years: 36.8% 2024/25[19]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White: 61.7%[20]
Mixed: 10.7%[20]
Asian: 15.6%[20]
Black: 7.2%[20]
Any other ethnic group: 4.8%[20]
Unclassified: 0%[20]

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

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.
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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Key stage 4 performance 2024/25: data guidance. Period 2024/25. Archived copy; original. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 final. Period 2021/22, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS4 destinations. Period 2019/20, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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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.
thomasknyvett.org: thomasknyvett.org — Admissions Arrangements 2027-1 (PDF). Period 2026-10-16. Licence: copyright-quoted.
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To be considered on time, applications must be submitted to a child's home local authority by 31 October 2026. (p. 1)
The Published Admission Number (PAN) for entry to Year 7 in September 2027 is 150. (p. 1)
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.
Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
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.