Thornden School is a secondary school with academy status Chandler's Ford, Hampshire. It is an 11-16 (no sixth form), mixed specialist Arts College with Science as the second specialism. There are 1400 pupils on roll and 10 tutor groups of around 300 pupils in each year. The head teacher is Miss Sue Whelan, who in 2016 succeeded Dr Robert Sykes (CBE) who had held the position for over 20 years.