Thamesmead SchoolThe Bishop Wand Church of England School

Inspection, results, pupils and attendance side by side.

Summary of the comparison

Thamesmead School and The Bishop Wand Church of England School are secondary schools.

  • Thamesmead School scores 63 out of 100 (grade C, average) and The Bishop Wand Church of England School scores 66 out of 100 (grade C, average). The Bishop Wand Church of England School is ahead on our composite score.

  • Thamesmead School was judged Good and The Bishop Wand Church of England School was judged the expected standard.

  • On GCSE Attainment 8, the latest published figures are 50.6 for Thamesmead School and 53.9 for The Bishop Wand Church of England School.

  • GCSE Attainment 8 has fallen at Thamesmead School (53.5 in 2021-22, 50.6 in 2024-25) and has held broadly level at The Bishop Wand Church of England School (52.6 in 2021-22, 53.9 in 2024-25).

Side-by-side comparison

Thamesmead School versus The Bishop Wand Church of England School compared on inspection, results, pupils and attendance.
Measure SheppertonThamesmead SchoolSunbury-on-ThamesThe Bishop Wand Church of England SchoolEngland average
Overview
Our scoreC63/100C66/100Stronger figure
Local ranking27th of 55 in Surrey 18th of 55 in Surrey Stronger figure
InspectionOfsted: GoodOfsted: Expected
School typeAcademy converter Academy converter
PhaseSecondary Secondary
Age range11-16 11-18
GenderMixed Mixed
Pupils on roll1,048 1,200
Capacity1,050 1,005
LocationShepperton, TW17 9EE Sunbury-on-Thames, TW16 6LT
GCSE results
Attainment 850.6 53.9 Stronger figure46.0
Grade 5+ in English & maths50.7% 61.4% Stronger figure45.4%
Grade 4+ in English & maths74.6% 82.6% Stronger figure64.8%
Entering EBacc19.9% 23.9% Stronger figure40.5%
EBacc average point score4.31 4.61 Stronger figure4.09
Cohort201 184
A-level results
A-level entriesNot reported101
A-level average pointsNot reported28.5 35.0
A-level average gradeNot reportedC
Best 3 A-levels pointsNot reported30.7 35.8
AAB+ incl. facilitating subjectsNot reported7.4% 17.5%
Pupils
Pupils in the census1,048 1,200
Free school meals (ever 6)19.5% 7.4%
English as an additional language11.1% 6.8%
SEN support14.1% 12.8%
SEN with an EHC plan4.7% 3.3%
Attendance
Overall absence8.9% 5.2% Stronger figure6.2%
Persistent absence25.5% 11.5% Stronger figure15.8%

marks the stronger figure on measures with a clear direction. Rows describing a school's intake, such as free school meals, English as an additional language and SEN, carry no marker: they describe who a school serves, not how well it serves them.

Historical trends

Each solid line is one school; the dashed line is the national average.

GCSE Attainment 8

GCSE Progress 8

Overall absence

Free school meal eligibility (ever 6)

Pupils on roll

Ethnicity over time

One panel per school: the largest groups across this comparison, one colour per group, on a shared scale.

Thamesmead School

The Bishop Wand Church of England School

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