Thornton Primary School

Ofsted

▲Good (2020) — Rated under the pre-September 2024 inspection system

This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.

Inspected 16 January 2020, published 9 February 2020. Read the full Ofsted report

England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.

Exam results

“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.

Will my child get in?

Usually has places available — 0.89 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)

First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.

Nearby alternatives

• –Foxhill Primary School 1.9 km · No overall grade (2025)
• ▲Keelham Primary School 2 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
• ▲The Academy At St. James 2.2 km · Good (2022) · previous system
• !Ley Top Primary School 2.6 km · Most areas: Needs attention (2026)
• –St Matthew's Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy 2.6 km · No Ofsted rating
• –Russell Hall Primary School 2.7 km · No overall grade (2025)

Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.