Thatto Heath Community Primary School

Thatto Heath Community Primary School is performing well overall, maintaining a good standard across various domains of education such as quality of education, behaviour, and leadership. The school fosters strong relationships between staff and pupils, creating a supportive environment where pupils feel safe and motivated to learn. With high expectations for achievement, pupils generally perform well across subjects. The school has implemented a well-structured curriculum that prepares pupils effectively for the next stages of their education, including transitioning to secondary school.

Strengths

• Strong relationships between staff and pupils.
• High expectations of pupil achievement.
• Broad and balanced curriculum from early years to Year 6.
• Well-delivered phonics programme that aids early reading.
• Effective personal development programmes and extra-curricular activities.
• Positive behaviour and respectful attitudes among pupils.
• Strong support for staff well-being and workload management.

Areas for Improvement

• Assessment systems are not finalized in some subjects, impacting identification of learning gaps.
• A small number of pupils with SEND do not access the full breadth of the curriculum.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Thatto Heath Community Primary School attended 93.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 20.2% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.6% of pupils at Thatto Heath Community Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). One pupil was permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Thatto Heath Community Primary School had 22.8 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 16.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 20.6% of pupils at Thatto Heath Community Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Thatto Heath Community Primary School received £7,319 and spent £7,501 for each of its 610 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £51,000 (£84 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Thatto Heath Community Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Thatto Heath Community Primary School is Good, from an inspection in December 2023.

When was Thatto Heath Community Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Thatto Heath Community Primary School was last inspected in December 2023.

How many pupils does Thatto Heath Community Primary School have?

Thatto Heath Community Primary School has 631 pupils on roll.

What age range does Thatto Heath Community Primary School cover?

Thatto Heath Community Primary School for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Thatto Heath Community Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 68% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Thatto Heath Community Primary School?

Thatto Heath Community Primary School is at Hobart Street, Thatto Heath, St Helens, Merseyside, WA9 5QX.