Thornton Primary School is a primary school located in Coalville. According to Ofsted inspection, the school's overall effectiveness, quality of education, outcomes for pupils and management effectiveness are good. The school inspection was carried out on 07/12/2017. According to tests results, the school's progress in reading, progress in writing and progress in maths are average. The overall pupil absence from this school is 4.3%, which is 0.3 percentage points lower than the UK average.

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Main Street, Coalville

School Information

Address: Main Street, Coalville, LE67 1AH
Website: www.thornton.leics.sch.uk
Telephone: 01530230250
School Type: Academy converter
Education phase: Primary
Local authority: Leicestershire
Headteacher / Principal: Mrs Sarah Acton
Religious character: Does not apply
Admissions policy: Not applicable
Unique reference: 140253

Ofsted Inspection

  • Overall Effectiveness
  • Quality Of Education
  • Outcomes For Pupils
  • Management Effectiveness

Ofsted inspection date: 07/12/2017

Pupils

Information

Age Range: 4 - 11
Gender: Mixed
School Capacity: 140
Number of Pupils: 129
Number of Boys: 62
Number of Girls: 67

Absence

SchoolEngland state-funded schools:
Overall absence: 4.3% 4%
Persistent absence: 11.6% 8.2%

Education - Primary

Progress score in reading, writing and maths

Reading
Average: 0.5 Confidence interval -2.2 to 3.3
Writing
Average: 0.1 Confidence interval -2.5 to 2.6
Maths
Average: -0.8 Confidence interval -3.3 to 1.6

Pupils meeting expected standard in reading, writing and maths

School:79%
England Average:65%

Pupils achieving at a higher standard in reading, writing and maths

School:26%
England Average:11%

Average score in reading

School:107
England Average:104

Average score in maths

School:106
England Average:105

Nearby Schools

Primary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Thornton Primary School
Main Street , Thornton LE67 1AH 		3out of 4 0 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School
Stanton Under Bardon Community Primary School
Main Street , Stanton-under-Bardon LE67 9TQ 		3out of 4 2,654 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Secondary

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
South Charnwood High School
Broad Lane , LE67 9TB 		3out of 4 1,731 yd Academy converter No Mixed More About School

Not applicable

Ofsted Overall Effectiveness Distance Establishment Type Has Nursery Classes Gender More Info
Clovelly House School
Clovelly , Merrylees Road LE67 1AP 		- not rated 2,072 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School
Oakwood Community School
Heath Road , Barlestone CV13 0JD 		- not rated 2,719 yd Other independent special school Not Applicable Mixed More About School

School statistics for this postcode are based on Ofsted rankings.

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