Thomson House School

Free schools·Primary school London, Richmond upon Thames·SW14 8HY
Composite score
92.2
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#146
National rank
#56
In London
#4
In Richmond upon Thames
Top 1%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
88%
% achieving higher RWM
33%
Reading average scaled score
110.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
110.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Quality of education
Outstanding
Behaviour and attitudes
Outstanding
Personal development
Outstanding
Leadership and management
Outstanding
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Outstanding

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
45 first choices, 55 places
First choices per place
0.82
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
218
any preference, for 55 places
Applications from another council area
5%
First preferences per place, last five years▲ 0.05
00.511.5
1 per place
0.6720221.0720230.7320240.7720250.822026

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

Every child who put Thomson House School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

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

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
371
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
8.6%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
31.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
8.6%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
1.4%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
8.3%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
22.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£7,353
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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School overview

Thomson House School is a primary school serving London, Richmond upon Thames, classified by the DfE as a free school. It has 371 pupils aged 4 to 11 on roll. 88% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well above the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has risen by 5.0 percentage points year on year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it among the top 1% of primary schools in England.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 110 in reading and 110 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 33% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Thomson House School their first choice was offered one of its 55 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 4.1%. There are about 22.2 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 9% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Thomson House School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. 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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