Thornden School
Secondary · Academy converter · Ages 11–16 · Eastleigh, Hampshire
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
1.74 miles
Published by Hampshire County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2019–2025 trend 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
Thornden School is a secondary school in Eastleigh, Hampshire for ages 11–16 (academy converter). Hampshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2019 to 2026 entry.
Thornden School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 1.74 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2024 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2023 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2022 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2021 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2020 | 🔒 With a pass |
| Year 7 2019 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Year 7 in 2026, the last child offered a place lived 1.74 miles from the school, the 16th shortest of 39 Hampshire secondary schools with a published last distance.
- Year 7 last distances swung sharply between some years, and the 2026 figure was the shortest of the 3 years with a published distance.
- In 2026, Year 7 had 314 first-choice applications for 302 offers; 295 offers went to first-choice families and 19 first-choice families were not offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 73% got grade 5 or above in GCSE English and maths, the highest of 8 schools: this one and the 7 of the 8 nearest secondary schools in Hampshire that have results.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Hampshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Winchester Road, Chandler's Ford, Eastleigh, SO53 2DW
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Council
- Hampshire
- Pupils on roll
- 1,440 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 6.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 17.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 9 June 2026
Strengths
- “Pupils achieve exceptionally well in national examinations such as GCSEs and in their day-to-day learning.”
- “They have very positive attitudes to their education and are highly ambitious.”
- “Pupils know that their teachers want them to do as well as possible, and they delight in improving and explaining their learning and ideas.”
To improve
- “The school should continue to embed the highly effective school leadership, structures and processes that it has developed in order to continue to support all pupils to both thrive and to continue to achieve exceptionally well.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 July 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| GCSE English and maths, grade 5 or above (2024/25) | 73% | 45% |
| Attainment 8 score (2024/25) | 59.9 | 46 |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 314 first-preference applications, 302 offers in total, 295 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Hampshire.
- The Toynbee School 1.2 mi Standards maintained Last distance published
- Crestwood Community School 1.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wyvern College 3.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Kings' School 4.5 mi Good Last distance published
- The Mountbatten School 4.7 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Wildern School 5.9 mi Good Last distance published
- Deer Park School 5.9 mi Good Last distance published
- The Romsey School 6.0 mi School remains Good Last distance published