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Twickenham School
Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–16 · Sponsored academy
Percy Road, Twickenham TW2 6JW · twickenhamschool.org.uk · 020 8894 4503
Overview
- Ofsted
- Report card
- Dec 2025 · graded by area, with no overall grade
- GCSEs, 2024/25
- 46.5
- average Attainment 8 score. Richmond upon Thames 56.6, England 46
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Year 7, September 2026 entry · Richmond upon Thames Council
- Demand for places
- 0.4
- first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
- Pupils
- 774
- Local authority
- Richmond upon Thames
- Free school meals
- 35.2%
- First language not English
- 43.3%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Richmond upon Thames Council’s document.
For Year 7 in September 2026, 84 families put the school first and 226 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Year 7 | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 226 | 84 | 0.4 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 199 | 89 | 0.4 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 230 | 90 | 0.4 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 236 | 75 | 0.3 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 210 | 53 | 0.3 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 46.5, and 39.7% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Richmond upon Thames it was 56.6, and across England 46.
In 2015/16 the average A level result was grade D- (15.9 points per entry).
GCSE results
Attainment 8
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| ●46.5 | 46.0 | ||
| ▼39.7% | 45.4% | ||
| ▼61.1% | 64.8% | ||
| ▼27.8% | 40.5% | ||
| ●4.03 | 4.09 |
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 136104)
Where Year 11 leavers went
| Left in 2023/24 | Since 2021/22 | |
|---|---|---|
| School sixth form | 30.7 | +10.7 |
| Sixth form college | 18.2 | +13.2 |
| Further education | 40.9 | −15.8 |
| Apprenticeship | 2.2 | — |
| Employment | 1.5 | −3.5 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 4.4 | −0.6 |
| Activity not captured | 2.2 | −6.1 |
A levels and other 16 to 18 results
| 2015/16 | Students | Average grade | Progress |
|---|---|---|---|
| A level | 20 | D- (15.9) | -0.60 |
| All academic | 20 | D- (16) | -0.54 |
| Applied general | 5 | — | -0.39 |
Published for the predecessor school (URN 136104)
Where sixth-form leavers went
Left in 2015/16
| University | 47 |
|---|---|
| Further education | 11 |
| Apprenticeship | 5 |
| Employment | 16 |
| Not in a lasting destination | 16 |
| Activity not captured | 5 |
Published for the predecessor school (URN 136104)
Ofsted
Ofsted inspected Twickenham School on 9 December 2025 and published a report card: each area has its own grade, and there is no overall grade.
- Inclusion: Strong standard
- Curriculum and teaching: Expected standard
- Achievement: Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour: Expected standard
- Personal development and well-being: Expected standard
- Leadership and governance: Strong standard
- Inspected
- 9 Dec 2025
- Report card
- Safeguarding
- Met
Graded areas
| Inclusion | Strong standard |
|---|---|
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard |
| Achievement | Expected standard |
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard |
| Personal development and well-being | Expected standard |
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard |
Previously: Good, graded inspection, Jul 2021
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 136104), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
Jul 2021Good
Quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Sept 2019Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Met
Before September 2019
May 2018Requires improvement
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good Leadership and management Good Safeguarding Effective Apr 2016Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Inadequate Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Inadequate Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Inadequate 16 to 19 study programmes Inadequate Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 136104)
What parents said
81% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (81 replies, to 6 April 2026).
- Recommend
- 81%
- Positive
- 77%
- Replies
- 81
- 11% · 6 Apr 2026
based on the 85% who raised concerns
based on 17 parents (21%) whose child was bullied
based on 20 parents (25%) with SEND