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Thornborough Infant School
Primary · Mixed · Ages 3–7 · Community school
High Street, Thornborough, Buckingham MK18 2DF · thornborough.bucks.sch.uk · 01280 812219
On the mapSearch near MK18 2DF
Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Oct 2023
- Last distance offered
- No limit
- Reception, September 2026 entry · Buckinghamshire Council
- Demand for places
- 1.0
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 31
- 69% of 45 places
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 6.5%
- First language not English
- 3.2%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, everyone who applied was offered a place. Source: Buckinghamshire Council’s document.
For Reception in September 2026, 12 families put the school first and 12 places were offered; 100% of those families were offered a place there. Admission depends on the school’s own rules.
First choices against places
| Reception | Places | First choices | Per place | % offered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2026Sept 2026 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 11 | 9 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 14 | 13 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 7 | 5 | 0.7 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 100% |
Ofsted
Thornborough Infant School was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 18 October 2023, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 18 Oct 2023
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Outstanding |
Previously: Outstanding, graded inspection, Jun 2009
Earlier inspections
Before September 2019
Jun 2009Outstanding
Outcomes for pupils Outstanding Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Outstanding Early years Outstanding May 2006Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good
What parents said
100% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (30 replies, to 2 September 2024).
- Recommend
- 100%
- Replies
- 30
- 1% · 2 Sept 2024
based on the 53% who raised concerns
based on the 20% who had a child bullied