West Thornton Primary School[1]
Primary · ages 4–11
Headline results
- KS2 reading, writing & maths: expected standard
- KS2 74% 74% 2024/25[2]
Results
Primary (key stage 2)
- Expected standard (reading, writing & maths)
- 74% 2024/25[2]
- Higher standard (reading, writing & maths)
- 14% 2024/25[2]
- Reading, average scaled score
- 105 2024/25[2]
- Maths, average scaled score
- 107 2024/25[2]
Ofsted
- Latest inspection
- 1 Oct 2024[5]
- Type
- Academy First Section 5[5]
- Report published
- 3 Nov 2024[5]
- Personal development
- Outstanding[5]
- Quality of education
- Good[5]
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Outstanding[5]
- Safeguarding is effective?
- Yes[5]
- Early years provision (where applicable)
- Outstanding[5]
- Effectiveness of leadership and management
- Outstanding[5]
Competition to get in
Applications and offers, Reception
- Applications per place
- 2.0 Entry Sept 2026[6]
- Applications (any preference)
- 196 Entry Sept 2026[6]
- First preferences
- 95 Entry Sept 2026[6]
- Places offered
- 100 Entry Sept 2026[6]
- First preferences per place
- 0.9 Entry Sept 2026[6]
| Entry | Applications | First preferences | Places offered | Per place | First preferences per place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry Sept 2025 | 190[6] | 90[6] | 100[6] | 1.9[6] | 0.9[6] |
| Entry Sept 2024 | 184[6] | 92[6] | 103[6] | 1.8[6] | 0.9[6] |
| Entry Sept 2023 | 198[6] | 95[6] | 103[6] | 1.9[6] | 0.9[6] |
| Entry Sept 2022 | 196[6] | 89[6] | 94[6] | 2.1[6] | 0.9[6] |
Character & practicalities
- Type
- Academy sponsor led[1]
- Ages
- 4–11[1]
- Boys / girls
- Mixed[1]
- Sixth form
- No[1]
- Boarding
- No boarders[1]
- Capacity
- 1050[1]
- Trust
- INSPIRE PARTNERSHIP ACADEMY TRUST[1]
- Local authority
- Croydon[1]
- Website
- https://www.westthornton.croydon.sch.uk/[1]
- District
- Croydon[7]
- Postcode
- CR0 3BS[1]
- URN
- 147971[1]
School details as recorded in Get Information About Schools on 14 Oct 2026.
Pupils
- Number on roll
- 910 2024/25[8]
- English as an additional language
- 65.7% 2024/25[8]
- SEN support
- 8.4% 2024/25[8]
- EHC plan
- 2.5% 2024/25[8]
- Free school meals in the last 6 years
- 36% 2024/25[8]
Pupils' ethnicity 2025/26
- White
- 10.7%[9]
- Mixed
- 12.5%[9]
- Asian
- 48.4%[9]
- Black
- 23.1%[9]
- Any other ethnic group
- 4.3%[9]
- Unclassified
- 0.9%[9]
The school census's major ethnic groups as shares of the school's pupils, summed by us from the published counts. For information only: never used to rank, filter or colour schools.
Sources
- Department for Education: Get Information About Schools: all establishments. Period 2026-10-14, published 2026-10-14. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2023/24, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: KS2 final. Period 2022/23, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Ofsted: State-funded schools inspections and outcomes. Period 2024/25. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Primary and secondary school applications and offers: school level. Period Entry Sept 2026, final, published 2026-06-29. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Office for National Statistics: Parish to Ward to Local Authority District (May 2026) Lookup in EW. Period 2026-05-01. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Compare School Performance download: School census. Period 2024/25, final. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.
- Department for Education: Schools, pupils and their characteristics: school level underlying data. Period 2025/26, published 2026-06-04. Publication page. Data file. Licence: OGL-3.0.