Thomas Bennett Community College
Ashdown Drive, Tilgate, Crawley, RH10 5AD
Local ranking36th of 39 secondary schools in West Sussex
Ofsted: Good
Secondary
Phase
1450
Capacity
11-18
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Year:
GCSE Results
2024-25- Average Attainment 8
- 33.1
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 22.2%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 43.8%
- Entering EBacc
- 18.8%
- EBacc APS
- 2.9
- Cohort Size
- 176
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 87.0%
- Continued in education
- 73.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 4.0%
- Employment
- 9.0%
- Not sustained
- 7.0%
After A-Levels 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 80.0%
- Higher education
- 30.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 5.0%
- Employment
- 37.0%
- Not sustained
- 16.0%
A-Level Results
2024-25D+
Avg A-Level Grade
24.2
Avg Points/Entry
23.9
Best 3 A-Levels
35
A-Level Students
- AAB+ with Facilitating
- 15.4%
- Applied General Avg Points
- 26.7
- 16-18 Cohort
- 197
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 1262
- Boys
- 703 (56%)
- Girls
- 559 (44%)
- Capacity
- 1450 (87% full)
- SEND
- 14.7%
- FSM Eligible
- 37.8%
- EAL
- 28.8%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 3.1%
- SEN Support
- 11.6%
- Pupil:Teacher Ratio
- 18.3:1
- Teachers (FTE)
- 69.3
- Budget per Pupil
- £7,879/yr
Attendance & Absence
2024-25- Overall Absence Rate
- 11.6%
- Persistent Absence
- 32.1%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Religious Character
- Does not apply
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Has a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
- Admissions
- Non-selective
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 55.8%
- White Other: 8.7%
- Other: 8.7%
- Asian Other: 3.8%
- Mixed Other: 3.5%
- Asian Pakistani: 3.4%
- Asian Indian: 3.4%
- Black Other: 2.6%
55.8%
White British
8.7%
White Other
8.7%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Ethnicity Over Time
Contact & Location
Administrative
- URN
- 138620
- UKPRN
- 10038686
- Establishment No.
- 4044
- Trust
- THE KEMNAL ACADEMIES TRUST