Teddington School

Academy converter·Secondary school Teddington, Richmond upon Thames·TW11 9PJ
Composite score
70.6
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#378
National rank
#116
In London
#6
In Richmond upon Thames
Top 12%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
56.5
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
66%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
83%
% EBacc grade 5+
44%
EBacc average points score
5.37

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Sixth form provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
81%
139 first choices, 260 places
First choices per place
0.54
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
1,037
any preference, for 260 places
Applications from another council area
37%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.09
00.511.5
1 per place
0.4520220.5820230.6620240.6220250.542026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

We do not have a checked cut-off distance for Teddington School yet. Richmond upon Thames does publish allocation figures and we are working through them council by council — we only show a distance once we have found it in the council’s own document.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
11–18
Pupils on roll
1,381
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None
Admissions
Non-Selective

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
18.2%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
25.1%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
7.3%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
3.1%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
7.8%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
21.6%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
18.5
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£6,990
Typical secondary: £7,815

“Typical” = the median secondary school in England. What this means

What pupils do next

The share of this school's Year 11 leavers in education, training or employment for at least two terms afterwards.

In education, training or work
94%
204 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
91%
Apprenticeship
2%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

School overview

Teddington School is a secondary school serving Teddington, Richmond upon Thames, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. It has 1,381 pupils aged 11 to 18 on roll. At its most recent graded inspection, Ofsted rated Teddington School 'Good'. In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 56.5, well above the national average of 46. That marks an improvement of 2.9 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 12% of secondary schools in England.

66% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, well above the national average of about 45%. 83% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. 81% of the families who made Teddington School their first choice were offered a Year 7 place for September 2026, even though the school made at least as many offers as it had first choices - the rest withdrew, moved or fell outside a priority group. After Year 11, 94% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 7.8%. There are about 18.5 pupils per teacher. When comparing schools, it is still worth visiting in person to see whether the atmosphere and approach suit your child. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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