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Thurlby Community Primary Academy
Primary · Mixed · Ages 4–11 · Sponsored academy
Crown Lane, Thurlby, Bourne PE10 0EZ · thurlby.lincs.sch.uk · 01778 423311
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Overview
- Ofsted
- Good
- 2019 framework · inspected Jun 2024
- Key stage 2, 2024/25
- 65%
- reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths. Lincolnshire 59%, England 62%
- Demand for places
- 0.8
- first choices for each place · Reception, September 2026
- Pupils
- 213
- 3 over 210 places · 101%
- Local authority
- Lincolnshire
- Nursery class
- No
- Free school meals
- 24.9%
- First language not English
- 4.7%
- School census 2025/26
The official school record (Department for Education)
Admissions
For Reception in September 2026, 21 families put the school first and 27 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 | 27 | 21 | 0.8 | 100% |
| September 2025Sept 2025 | 30 | 37 | 1.2▲ | 73% |
| September 2024Sept 2024 | 23 | 21 | 0.9 | 100% |
| September 2023Sept 2023 | 24 | 23 | 1 | 100% |
| September 2022Sept 2022 | 22 | 21 | 1 | 100% |
Results
In 2024/25, 65% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of key stage 2, and 6% the higher standard. Across Lincolnshire it was 59%, and across England 62%.
Expected standard reading, writing and maths
| 2024/25 | Trend | School | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading, writing and maths | |||
| ▲65% | 62% | ||
| ●6% | 8% | ||
| Average scaled score | |||
| ●106 | 106 | ||
| ●105 | 105 | ||
| ▲109 | 105 | ||
Some years are for the predecessor school (URN 120390)
Ofsted
Thurlby Community Primary Academy was judged Good at its last graded inspection, on 25 June 2024, under Ofsted’s 2019 framework.
- Overall
- Good
- Inspected
- 25 Jun 2024
- Graded inspection
Safeguarding effectiveInspection reports
Graded areas
| Quality of education | Good |
|---|---|
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Early years | Good |
Previously: Inadequate, graded inspection, Sept 2018
Earlier inspections
Including inspections of the predecessor school (URN 120390), which Ofsted links to this one.
September 2019 to November 2025
- Nov 2019Monitoring visitEffective action
Before September 2019
Sept 2018Inadequate
Outcomes for pupils Requires improvement Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Requires improvement Personal development, behaviour and welfare Requires improvement Leadership and management Inadequate Early years Requires improvement Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 120390)
May 2018Monitoring visit
Safeguarding Effective Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 120390)
Oct 2013Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 120390)
Nov 2008Good
Outcomes for pupils Good Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good Leadership and management Good Early years Good Inspection of the predecessor school (URN 120390)
What parents said
86% of the parents who answered Ofsted’s Parent View survey would recommend the school (103 replies, to 7 April 2025).
- Recommend
- 86%
- Replies
- 103
- 51% · 7 Apr 2025
based on the 74% who raised concerns
based on the 39% who had a child bullied
based on 22 parents (21%) with SEND