Twickenham School

Academy sponsor led·Secondary school Twickenham, Richmond upon Thames·TW2 6JW
Composite score
58.1
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National rank
#317
In London
#10
In Richmond upon Thames
Top 46%
Nationally

Performance (KS4 GCSE)

Attainment 8 score
46.5
National avg ≈ 46
Progress 8 score
—
% achieving 9–5 in English & Maths
40%
% achieving 9–4 in English & Maths
61%
% EBacc grade 5+
14%
EBacc average points score
4.03

Ofsted judgements

New framework · Last inspection: 09/12/2025 · Read full report ↗

Achievement
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Strong standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Inclusion
Strong standard
Safeguarding standards
Met

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
84 first choices, 226 places
First choices per place
0.37
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
447
any preference, for 226 places
Applications from another council area
49%
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.08
00.511.5
1 per place
0.2520220.3220230.3920240.4520250.372026

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

Every child who put Twickenham 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
11–16
Pupils on roll
771
Gender
Mixed

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
34.8%
Typical secondary: 27.5%
% EAL
42.4%
Typical secondary: 12.0%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
16.7%
Typical secondary: 13.7%
% with an EHC plan
2.9%
Typical secondary: 2.9%

Attendance

Overall absence
8.2%
Typical secondary: 8.9%
Persistently absent
24.4%
Typical secondary: 25.7%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
16.5
Typical secondary: 16.7
Spend per pupil
£7,812
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
87%
75 pupils tracked
Stayed in education
80%
Apprenticeship
4%
Employment
3%

DfE, KS4 destination measures.

Nearby secondary schools

Location

About Twickenham School

Twickenham School is a secondary school in Twickenham, Richmond upon Thames, classified by the DfE as a sponsor-led academy. Around 771 pupils aged 11 to 16 attend the school. The school holds a 'Good' judgement from Ofsted (December 2025). In the most recent GCSE results, pupils achieved an average Attainment 8 score of 46.5, broadly in line with the national average of 46. That is down 4.6 points in its Attainment 8 score on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it around the middle of secondary schools nationally.

40% of pupils achieved a grade 5 or above in both English and maths, below the national average of about 45%. 61% achieved a standard pass (grade 4+) in English and maths. Twickenham School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 84 families who put it first were offered a place. After Year 11, 87% of its leavers went on to education, an apprenticeship or work that they stayed in for at least two terms. Overall pupil absence was 8.2%. There are about 16.5 pupils per teacher. Given the recent dip in results, it may be worth asking the school what is behind the change and what is being done in response. 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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