Thurnham Glasson Christ Church, Church of England Primary School

Thurnham Glasson Christ Church, Church of England Primary School is currently under significant scrutiny due to the decision that it requires special measures, indicating a failure to provide an acceptable standard of education. The school has a positive approach to safeguarding, ensuring pupils feel safe and secure, and attendance levels are generally above national averages. However, the report flags urgent concerns in various educational domains, including curriculum delivery, teaching quality, and the ability to support pupils, particularly those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). The school's leadership is currently facing challenges, causing delays in addressing these deficiencies.

Strengths

• Pupils' attendance is typically above the national average.
• Leaders have effective strategies to support and improve attendance.
• Positive relationships among pupils and staff contribute to a supportive learning environment.
• The school fosters a palpable sense of community spirit.

Areas for Improvement

• The school is failing to provide an acceptable standard of education.
• Pupils are underperforming and not progressing well through the curriculum.
• Weaknesses in the curriculum and teaching have not been effectively addressed.
• Systems for identifying additional needs for SEND pupils are ineffective.

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 2018–19 pupils at Thurnham Glasson Christ Church, Church of England Primary School attended 97.0% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 96.0%). 0.0% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 8.2%).

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 2018–19, 0.0% of pupils at Thurnham Glasson Christ Church, Church of England Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 0.6%). No pupils were 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 2018–19 Thurnham Glasson Christ Church, Church of England Primary School had 9.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.9). Of its teachers in 2018–19, 3.8% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 18.3%).

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 2018–19 Thurnham Glasson Christ Church, Church of England Primary School received £11,362 and spent £11,588 for each of its 27 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £36,000 (£1,340 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 Thurnham Glasson Christ Church, Church of England Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Thurnham Glasson Christ Church, Church of England Primary School is Urgent improvement, from an inspection in May 2026.

When was Thurnham Glasson Christ Church, Church of England Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Thurnham Glasson Christ Church, Church of England Primary School was last inspected in May 2026.

How many pupils does Thurnham Glasson Christ Church, Church of England Primary School have?

Thurnham Glasson Christ Church, Church of England Primary School has 12 pupils on roll.

What age range does Thurnham Glasson Christ Church, Church of England Primary School cover?

Thurnham Glasson Christ Church, Church of England Primary School for pupils aged 5 to 11.

Where is Thurnham Glasson Christ Church, Church of England Primary School?

Thurnham Glasson Christ Church, Church of England Primary School is at School Lane, Glasson Dock, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA2 0AR.