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Thomas Bennett Community College[1]

Secondary · ages 11–18

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Headline results

Attainment 8
A8 37 37.4 2025/26[2]
A-level average grade
AL D+ D+ 2024/25[3]

Results

GCSE (key stage 4)

Attainment 8
37.4 2025/26[2]
Grade 5+ in English & maths
28.3% 2025/26[2]
Grade 7+ in English & maths
4.7% 2025/26[2]
Progress 8
-0.95 2023/24[4]
Progress 8, 2025/26
Not calculated[5]
Progress 8, 2024/25
Not calculated[5]
Earlier years
Year Attainment 8 Grade 5+ in English & maths Grade 7+ in English & maths Progress 8
2024/25 33.1[6] 22.2%[6]
2023/24 32.5[4] 21.8%[4] -0.95[4]
2022/23 31.5[7] 19%[7] -1.05[7]
2021/22 35[8] 20%[8] -0.81[8]

A level (16–18)

A-level average grade
D+ 2024/25[3]
AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
15.4% 2024/25[3]
All results, 2020/21
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
All results, 2019/20
Not published (exams cancelled, COVID-19)[9]
Earlier years
Year A-level average grade AAB or better, at least two in facilitating subjects
2023/24 D[10] 6.7%[10]
2022/23 D[11] 0%[11]
2021/22 C-[12] 10.5%[12]
2018/19 D+[13] 0%[13]

Destinations after GCSEs

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
87% 2022/23[14]
School sixth form
30% 2022/23[14]
Sixth-form college
10% 2022/23[14]
Further education college
34% 2022/23[14]
Apprenticeship
4% 2022/23[14]
Employment
9% 2022/23[14]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment School sixth form Sixth-form college Further education college Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 93%[15] 33%[15] 13%[15] 37%[15] 4%[15] 6%[15]
2020/21 91%[16] 43%[16] 6%[16] 32%[16] 2%[16] 8%[16]
2019/20 89%[17] 40%[17] 7%[17] 39%[17] 1%[17] 3%[17]
2018/19 92%[18] 26%[18] 14%[18] 36%[18] 4%[18] 10%[18]

Destinations after 16–18 study

Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment
80% 2022/23[19]
UK higher education
30% 2022/23[19]
Education
39% 2022/23[19]
Apprenticeship
5% 2022/23[19]
Employment
37% 2022/23[19]
Earlier leavers
Left in Sustained education, apprenticeship or employment UK higher education Education Apprenticeship Employment
2021/22 79%[20] 36%[20] 46%[20] 5%[20] 27%[20]
2020/21 81%[21] 33%[21] 62%[21] 2%[21] 17%[21]
2019/20 83%[22] 35%[22] 52%[22] 4%[22] 26%[22]
2018/19 93%[23] 30%[23] 44%[23] 3%[23] 46%[23]

Higher education after 16–18 study

Progressed to higher education
45% 2021/22[24]
Top third of most selective universities
1% 2021/22[24]
Russell Group universities
8% 2019/20[25]
Oxford or Cambridge
0% 2019/20[25]
Earlier leavers
Left in Progressed to higher education Top third of most selective universities Russell Group universities Oxford or Cambridge
2020/21 65%[26] 9%[26]
2019/20 62%[25] 8%[25] 8%[25] 0%[25]
2018/19 42%[27] 5%[27] 2%[27] 0%[27]
2017/18 48%[28] 4%[28] 4%[28] 0%[28]

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
5 Oct 2022[29]
Type
Requires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 3[29]
Report published
28 Nov 2022[29]
Personal development
Good[29]
Quality of education
Good[29]
Overall effectiveness
Good[29]
Behaviour and attitudes
Good[29]
Safeguarding is effective
Yes[29]
Sixth form provision (where applicable)
Good[29]
Effectiveness of leadership and management
Good[29]
Earlier inspections
InspectionTypeOverall
8 Jul 2021[30] Requires Improvement monitoring Visit 1[30] No overall grade[30]
3 Feb 2021[30] Requires Improvement monitoring Visit 1[30] No overall grade[30]

Competition to get in

Applications and offers, Year 7

Applications per place
1.4 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Applications (any preference)
292 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences
103 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Places offered
205 Entry Sept 2026[31]
First preferences per place
0.5 Entry Sept 2026[31]
Earlier years
Entry Applications First preferences Places offered Per place First preferences per place
Entry Sept 2025 253[31] 106[31] 242[31] 1.0[31] 0.4[31]
Entry Sept 2024 332[31] 133[31] 211[31] 1.6[31] 0.6[31]
Entry Sept 2023 328[31] 114[31] 235[31] 1.4[31] 0.5[31]
Entry Sept 2022 292[31] 123[31] 265[31] 1.1[31] 0.5[31]

Admissions

Places (published admission number), 11+ entry
240 Entry Sept 2027[32]

Character & practicalities

Type
Academy converter[1]
Ages
11–18[1]
Boys / girls
Mixed[1]
Admissions
Non-selective[1]
Sixth form
Yes[1]
Boarding
No boarders[1]
Capacity
1450[1]
Trust
THE KEMNAL ACADEMIES TRUST[1]
Local authority
West Sussex[1]
Website
https://www.thomasbennett-kemnal.org[1]
District
Crawley[33]
Postcode
RH10 5AD[1]
URN
138620[1]

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

Pupils

Number on roll
1262 2024/25[34]
English as an additional language
28.8% 2024/25[34]
SEN support
11.6% 2024/25[34]
EHC plan
3.1% 2024/25[34]
Free school meals in the last 6 years
37.8% 2024/25[34]

Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26

White
64.1%[35]
Mixed
8.1%[35]
Asian
9.4%[35]
Black
9%[35]
Any other ethnic group
2.3%[35]
Unclassified
7.2%[35]

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

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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.
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    Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the summer exam series was cancelled in both 2020 and 2021, and alternative processes were set up to award grades.
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    Quote
    Published Admission Number (PAN) The PAN for Year 7 is 240. (p. 2)
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