Thornton Primary School

Wyre · FY5 4JP

General information Primary School · 4-11 years Who goes here 149 pupils, 38.9% FSM

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Thornton Primary School

General Information

Address: Heys Street, Thornton-Cleveleys, FY5 4JP – View on map
Phone: 01253821128
Website: Visit school website
Headteacher: Mr David Ashcroft
Age range: 4-11 years
Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 27 families put it first for 19 places – 14 for every 10 places. 63% of them were offered a place. 1 of the 19 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 11 · 2025 12 · 2026 14
Sixth form: No
Intake: Mixed
Religious character: Does not apply
Nursery provision: Yes

Who goes here

149 pupils out of 175 places

Pupils eligible for free school meals: 58
% eligible for free school meals: 38.9%
Pupil mix: 2 in 10 (similar to the Wyre average)
English as an additional language: 3% (England 22%)

Staff

Teachers leaving each year

Teacher turnover: 13.8% a year (Wyre 13.4%, typical in England 13.9%)
Where they went: about 0% moved to another school, 100% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)

Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house. This is a small staff, so one or two teachers leaving moves the figure a lot.

Behaviour

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About this Behaviour status

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Across Lancashire: suspensions by reason

Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 9 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 3
Suspensions for bullying: 18 (0.2 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 7 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)

These are figures for all state primary schools in Lancashire (the council area this school is in), not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.

Attendance

Overall absence: 6.8%
Persistently absent pupils: 16.4%
Data year: 2024/25

About persistent absence

A pupil is counted as "persistently absent" if they miss 10% or more of their possible school sessions - roughly one day in every two weeks. Schools and Ofsted both pay close attention to this figure specifically, since it can highlight a pattern the overall absence rate alone might hide.

SEN

SEN unit for Social, emotional and mental health 8 places · 8 pupils at the last count

Places are usually for children with an EHC Plan and are arranged through the council, not the normal school application.

Pupils on SEN Support: 28.2%
Pupils with an EHC Plan: 10.7%
Data year: 2025/26

Most common needs - SEN Support

Other difficulty or disability: 19 pupils
Social, emotional and mental health: 14 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 5 pupils
Specific learning difficulty: 2 pupils
Moderate learning difficulty: 1 pupil

Most common needs - EHC Plan

Social, emotional and mental health: 8 pupils
Speech, language and communications needs: 4 pupils
Other difficulty or disability: 3 pupils
Physical disability: 1 pupil

These figures show the makeup of the school.

About these SEND figures

These figures give a sense of the makeup of the school - they aren't a judgement on the quality of support provided.

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Educational Attainment

Good 2023 report

About this Ofsted rating

Ofsted changed how it rates schools in the last couple of years, so ratings from different years aren't always on the same scale - that's why we show the year alongside every rating.

Year 6 SATs results

Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 45% (England 62%)
Reached the higher standard: 20% (England 8%)
Compared with the area: 15 percentage points below the Wyre average (60%)
Compared with schools with similar pupils: As expected (3-year average 53% against an expected 51%)
3-year average (expected standard): 53%
Expected standard by subject: Reading 70% · Writing 65% · Maths 55% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 70%
Average test scores: reading 103, maths 102
Based on: 20 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25

View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.

SATs results over time

This schoolWyre averageEngland→ Broadly steady No clear rise or fall since 2022/23 (changes this small are normal from one year group to the next). In 2024/25 this school was 15 percentage points below the Wyre average (60%).

Year 6 SATs: 30th of 36 junior and primary schools in the area

#28Poulton-le-Fylde Carr Head Primary School48%
#29Carter's Charity Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Preesall46%
#30Thornton Primary School45%
#31Fleetwood Flakefleet Primary School37%
#32Thornton Cleveleys Royles Brook Primary School36%

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Year 6 SATs ranking

Junior and primary schools in this area, ranked by the % of Year 6 pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (official DfE results, 2024/25). Schools with the same result share a place (shown as =). In small schools one or two children can move a school several places, so treat close positions as roughly equal.

Rank School Score

#1Poulton-le-Fylde the Breck Primary School94%
#2Garstang St Thomas' Church of England Primary School90%
#3St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Claughton-on-Brock86%
#4Stanah Primary School85%
=5Bilsborrow John Cross Church of England Primary School82%
=5Hambleton Primary Academy82%
#7Nateby Primary School77%
#8Carleton St Hilda's Church of England Primary School76%
=9Carleton Green Community Primary School75%
=9Forton Primary School75%
=9Garstang Community Primary School75%
#12Shakespeare Primary School73%
#13Pilling St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School71%
#14Inskip St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided School69%
#15Poulton-le-Fylde St Chad's CofE Primary School68%
=16Scorton Church of England Primary School67%
=16St Michael's-On-Wyre Church of England Primary School & Nursery67%
#18Kirkland and Catterall St Helen's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School65%
=19Larkholme Primary School63%
=19St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Great Eccleston63%
#21St. Anne's Copp CofE Primary School, Great Eccleston62%
#22Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Thornton Cleveleys60%
#23Northfold Community Primary School59%
#24Thornton Cleveleys Manor Beach Primary School57%
#25Stalmine Primary School56%
#26Thornton Cleveleys Baines Endowed Voluntary Controlled Primary School52%
#27Preesall Fleetwood's Charity Church of England Primary School50%
#28Poulton-le-Fylde Carr Head Primary School48%
#29Carter's Charity Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Preesall46%
#30Thornton Primary School45%
#31Fleetwood Flakefleet Primary School37%
#32Thornton Cleveleys Royles Brook Primary School36%
#33Charles Saer Community Primary School28%
#34Fleetwood Chaucer Community Primary School21%
#35St Wulstan's and St Edmund's Catholic Academy18%
#36St William's Catholic Primary School, Pilling14%

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27th of 28 primary schools in Wyre for Ofsted rating

#25Thornton Cleveleys Manor Beach Primary SchoolGood
#26Thornton Cleveleys Royles Brook Primary SchoolGood
#27Thornton Primary SchoolGood
#28Winmarleigh Church of England Primary SchoolGood

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Ofsted Rating ranking

Based on real Ofsted ratings (via official DfE data) for schools on the same four-word grading scale.

Rank School Score

#1Bilsborrow John Cross Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#2Carleton Green Community Primary SchoolGood
#3Carleton St Hilda's Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#4Fleetwood Chaucer Community Primary SchoolGood
#5Fleetwood Flakefleet Primary SchoolGood
#6Forton Primary SchoolGood
#7Garstang Community Primary SchoolGood
#8Garstang St Thomas' Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#9Inskip St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided SchoolGood
#10Kirkland and Catterall St Helen's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary SchoolGood
#11Larkholme Primary SchoolGood
#12Nateby Primary SchoolGood
#13Northfold Community Primary SchoolGood
#14Poulton-le-Fylde Carr Head Primary SchoolGood
#15Preesall Fleetwood's Charity Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#16Scorton Church of England Primary SchoolGood
#17St Mary and St Michael's Catholic Primary School, GarstangGood
#18St Michael's-On-Wyre Church of England Primary School & NurseryGood
#19St William's Catholic Primary School, PillingGood
#20St. Anne's Copp CofE Primary School, Great EcclestonGood
#21St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, FleetwoodGood
#22Stalmine Primary SchoolGood
#23Stanah Primary SchoolGood
#24Thornton Cleveleys Baines Endowed Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolGood
#25Thornton Cleveleys Manor Beach Primary SchoolGood
#26Thornton Cleveleys Royles Brook Primary SchoolGood
#27Thornton Primary SchoolGood
#28Winmarleigh Church of England Primary SchoolGood

Financials

Spending per pupil: £8,234 (2024-25)

About this spending figure

A higher or lower position here isn't a sign of a better or worse school - schools have different needs and circumstances - but it can help reassure you that a school has sufficient funding behind your child's education.

15th of 40 primary schools in Wyre for spending per pupil

#13St Michael's-On-Wyre Church of England Primary School & Nursery£8,553
#14Fleetwood Flakefleet Primary School£8,315
#15Thornton Primary School£8,234
#16Stalmine Primary School£8,189
#17Pilling St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School£7,774

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Spending Per Pupil ranking

Based on official DfE financial return data (Consistent Financial Reporting / Academies Accounts Return) - not a ranking of school quality.

Rank School Score

#1Winmarleigh Church of England Primary School£19,615
#2Calder Vale St John Church of England Primary School£17,828
#3Thornton Cleveleys Manor Beach Primary School£10,993
#4St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Claughton-on-Brock£10,341
#5St William's Catholic Primary School, Pilling£10,067
#6St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Great Eccleston£9,340
#7Scorton Church of England Primary School£9,310
#8Inskip St Peter's Church of England Voluntary Aided School£9,212
#9Fleetwood Chaucer Community Primary School£9,196
#10Nateby Primary School£8,653
#11Bilsborrow John Cross Church of England Primary School£8,621
#12Charles Saer Community Primary School£8,568
#13St Michael's-On-Wyre Church of England Primary School & Nursery£8,553
#14Fleetwood Flakefleet Primary School£8,315
#15Thornton Primary School£8,234
#16Stalmine Primary School£8,189
#17Pilling St John's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School£7,774
#18Larkholme Primary School£7,662
#19Forton Primary School£7,545
#20St. Anne's Copp CofE Primary School, Great Eccleston£7,449
#21St Wulstan's and St Edmund's Catholic Academy£7,355
#22Preesall Fleetwood's Charity Church of England Primary School£7,049
#23Carter's Charity Voluntary Controlled Primary School, Preesall£6,903
#24Northfold Community Primary School£6,883
#25Thornton Cleveleys Baines Endowed Voluntary Controlled Primary School£6,795
#26Shakespeare Primary School£6,684
#27Kirkland and Catterall St Helen's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School£6,495
#28Poulton-le-Fylde Carr Head Primary School£6,475
#29Carleton Green Community Primary School£6,388
#30Poulton-le-Fylde the Breck Primary School£6,387
#31Garstang St Thomas' Church of England Primary School£6,358
#32Stanah Primary School£6,305
#33Poulton-le-Fylde St Chad's CofE Primary School£6,241
#34Thornton Cleveleys Royles Brook Primary School£6,213
#35Hambleton Primary Academy£6,160
#36Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Thornton Cleveleys£6,120
#37Garstang Community Primary School£6,098
#38Carleton St Hilda's Church of England Primary School£6,058
#39St. Mary's Catholic Primary School, Fleetwood£5,264
#40St Mary and St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Garstang£2,193

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