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Three Rivers Academy

Secondary · Mixed · Ages 11–18 · Academy

Bell Farm Way, Walton-on-Thames KT12 5EJ · threeriversacademy.org · 01932 242994

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Overview

Ofsted
No overall grade
2019 framework · inspected Oct 2024
GCSEs, 2024/25
42.3
average Attainment 8 score. Surrey 50.8, England 46
Last distance offered
No limit
Year 7, September 2026 entry · Surrey Council
Demand for places
0.5
first choices for each place · Year 7, September 2026
Pupils
1,311
61 over 1,250 places · 105%
Local authority
Surrey
Sixth form
Yes
Free school meals
26.5%
First language not English
15.3%
School census 2025/26
Trust
The Howard Partnership Trust

The official school record (Department for Education)

Admissions

For Year 7 in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Surrey Council’s document.

For Year 7 in September 2026, 114 families put the school first and 227 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.

First choices against places

20222023202420252026September 2022: 292 (Places 405)292September 2023: 187 (Places 306)187September 2024: 129 (Places 245)129September 2025: 110 (Places 318)110September 2026: 114 (Places 227)114Places 227
Year 7PlacesFirst choicesPer place% offered
September 2026Sept 20262271140.5100%
September 2025Sept 20253181100.3100%
September 2024Sept 20242451290.5100%
September 2023Sept 20233061870.6100%
September 2022Sept 20224052920.7100%

Results

In 2024/25 the average Attainment 8 score at GCSE was 42.3, and 39% of pupils got grade 5 or above in English and maths. Across Surrey it was 50.8, and across England 46.

In 2024/25 the average A level result was grade C (31.3 points per entry).

GCSE results

Attainment 8

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252016/17: 41.9 (England 46.3)41.92017/18: 42.7 (England 46.5)42.72018/19: 41.8 (England 46.7)41.82021/22: 43.6 (England 48.8)43.62022/23: 44.8 (England 46.3)44.82023/24: 43.1 (England 45.9)43.12024/25: 42.3 (England 46.0)42.3England 46.0
2024/25TrendSchoolEngland
▼42.346.0
▼39.0%45.4%
▼59.4%64.8%
▼33.3%40.5%
▼3.694.09

Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 137137)

Where Year 11 leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
School sixth form39.6−0.1
Sixth form college21.2+8.9
Further education26.4−6.5
Other education0.8+0.1
Apprenticeship6+3.3
Employment1.6−2.5
Not in a lasting destination2.4−1
Activity not captured2−2.1

A levels and other 16 to 18 results

A level average grade

2019/20 to 2020/21: no school results published15/1616/1717/1818/1921/2222/2323/2424/252015/16: 26.0 (England 30.5)C-2016/17: 27.2 (England 31.1)C-2017/18: 26.1 (England 32.1)C-2018/19: 28.2 (England 32.9)C-2021/22: 30.2 (England 37.9)C2022/23: 28.0 (England 34.2)C-2023/24: 28.1 (England 34.4)C-2024/25: 31.3 (England 35.0)CEngland 35.0
2024/25TrendAverage gradeProgress
73 studentsC (31.3)Average +0.08
73 studentsC (31.6)Average +0.10
13 studentsDist+ (38.5)Above average +0.53
7%AAB or better
93.7%finished their course
Earlier years: A levelStudentsAverage gradeProgress
2023/2446C- (28.1)-0.13
2022/2347C- (28)—
2021/2256C (30.2)—
2018/1932C- (28.2)-0.03
2017/1835C- (26.1)+0.03
2016/1732C- (27.2)-0.29
2015/1665C- (26)-0.25

Where sixth-form leavers went

2015/162016/172017/182018/192019/202021/222022/232023/24
Left in 2023/24Since 2021/22
University47.7+1.5
Apprenticeship7.7+3.9
Employment21.5−11.8
Not in a lasting destination10.8+0.5
Activity not captured12.3+7.2

Ofsted

Ofsted inspected Three Rivers Academy on 15 October 2024 under its 2019 framework. Inspections from September 2024 give no overall grade.

Overall
No overall grade
Inspected
15 Oct 2024
Graded inspection

Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports

Graded areas

Quality of educationGood
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Leadership and managementGood
Sixth formGood

Previously: Good, graded inspection, May 2019

Earlier inspections

Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 137137), which Ofsted links to this one.

Before September 2019

  • May 2019Good
    Outcomes for pupilsGood
    Quality of teaching, learning and assessmentGood
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareGood
    Leadership and managementGood
    16 to 19 study programmesGood
    SafeguardingEffective
  • Jun 2016Inadequate
    Outcomes for pupilsInadequate
    Personal development, behaviour and welfareRequires improvement
    Leadership and managementRequires improvement
    16 to 19 study programmesRequires improvement
    SafeguardingEffective

    Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 137137)

What parents said

84% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (270 replies, to 1 September 2025).

Recommend
84%
Replies
270
19% · 1 Sept 2025
Child is happy at school●91% agreeEngland 89%
Child feels safe●91% agreeEngland 90%
Pupils are well behaved▼79% agreeEngland 84%
School has high expectations▲88% agreeEngland 84%
Child does well●88% agreeEngland 87%
Told what child will learn▲87% agreeEngland 84%
Told how child is doing▲88% agreeEngland 85%
Good range of subjects▲97% agreeEngland 91%
Can join clubs and activities▲96% agreeEngland 91%
Supports personal development●79% agreeEngland 79%
Concerns are dealt with properly▲80% agreeEngland 77%

based on the 80% who raised concerns

Bullying dealt with quickly●50% agreeEngland 50%

based on the 32% who had a child bullied

Gets the SEND support they need▲78% agreeEngland 67%

based on 84 parents (31%) with SEND

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