Thornton Primary School, Birmingham
Data last updated 11 Sept 2026
Location
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Key Information
DfE GIASOfsted Rating
Ofsted · 3 years agoOverall
Ofsted Insights
What This School Does Well
Thornton Primary School excels at helping all children make good progress, with particularly strong teaching in some year groups. The school has worked hard to support the growing number of pupils who arrive speaking little or no English, while maintaining excellent behaviour standards and creating a caring environment where children are extremely well looked after and enjoy coming to school.
Key Strengths
- Teaching is good and in some year groups outstanding, enabling pupils to make good or better progress
- Pupils' behaviour in lessons and around school is good and often excellent, with outstanding attitudes towards each other and adults
- Strong and determined leadership by the headteacher has driven rapid improvement over the last year
- Pupils enjoy school, are extremely well looked after, and have well above average attendance
- School leaders regularly check teaching quality and maintain high expectations of staff
Areas for Improvement
- Some teaching still requires improvement
- Pupils are occasionally not confident starting difficult work when there are insufficient adults to support them
- Marking of pupils' work is not consistently helpful in showing them how to improve
- Leaders are not focusing enough on measuring how much progress pupils are making
- Governors are not asking searching questions to challenge leaders about pupil progress
Safeguarding
Safeguarding arrangements were reviewed as part of the inspection, but a specific effectiveness judgement is not stated in the report.
Thornton Primary School is a good school that has responded quickly to a dip in progress and standards in 2013, with pupils now making good progress across the school. The school is effectively supporting increasing numbers of pupils with little or no English joining during the year.
At a Glance
61.3%
Free School Meals
No
Boarding
No
Nursery
No
Sixth Form
No
Special Measures
Primary Performance (KS2)
Academic year 2025/26KS2 Results (% meeting expected standard)
Reading has improved from 68% to 76%. Maths has remained stable at around 81%. Writing has remained stable at around 73%.
Class Sizes
29.7
Avg class size
29.7
KS2
9
Total classes
2024/25 academic year
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Capacity & Demand
School Occupancy
99%
Near capacity
473 pupils
480 capacity
7 spare places available
Area Demand Pressure - Birmingham
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Admissions Demand - Birmingham
Places available
15,570
Applications
12,541
Got 1st preference
92.4%
Got preferred school
99.0%
Primary admissions across Birmingham (2025/26)
Inspection History(9)
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Pupil Demographics
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Pupil Absence2024/25
6.91985%
Overall absence
18.8755%
Persistent absence
498
Enrolments
Absence trend
Source: DfE pupil absence statistics. Persistent absence = pupils missing 10%+ sessions.
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