There are four school houses, Centaur, Dragon, Phoenix and Griffin, each being composed of students from all year groups.

[2] Before 2013 Centaur, Dragon, Phoenix and Griffin houses were known as Aylword, Newton, Keller and Brunel respectively.

[3] In 2015-16 81% of students achieved five A*-C grades including English and maths - a further 2% rise on the previous year's results.

In addition to outstanding results in English, maths and science, students achieved particularly well in the performing arts, physical education, ICT, art and modern foreign languages.

Thamesmead has been highly commended for excellent improvement in GCSE results between 2013 and 2015.