Thorpe Acre Infant School

Thorpe Acre Infant School is performing well overall, achieving a 'Good' rating across all inspected areas including the quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and early years provision. The school has successfully revised its curriculum, demonstrating ambition for providing high-quality education. Pupils enjoy a supportive environment, and their engagement with learning is evident through their pride in the school and understanding of its core values. Additionally, the strong provision for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities is noteworthy, as parents express satisfaction with the support their children receive.

Strengths

• Pupils are proud of their school and enjoy learning.
• The school environment is calm, happy, and well-maintained.
• High expectations for behaviour are set and met by pupils.
• Reading is prioritized with effective phonics instruction.
• The curriculum has been thoroughly revised and implemented effectively.
• Strong support for pupils with SEND, ensuring inclusivity.
• Effective personal development programs and value teaching.

Areas for Improvement

• The revised curriculum for science and foundation subjects is in the early stages of implementation and lacks a clear view of its effectiveness.

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 Thorpe Acre Infant School attended 93.7% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 14.6% 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, 2.9% of pupils at Thorpe Acre Infant School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). 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 2025–26 Thorpe Acre Infant School had 21.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 39.5% 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, 12.2% of pupils at Thorpe Acre Infant School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 3.3% 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 Thorpe Acre Infant School received £8,976 and spent £8,807 for each of its 123 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £266,000 (-£2,166 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 Thorpe Acre Infant School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Thorpe Acre Infant School is Good, from an inspection in November 2023.

When was Thorpe Acre Infant School last inspected by Ofsted?

Thorpe Acre Infant School was last inspected in November 2023.

How many pupils does Thorpe Acre Infant School have?

Thorpe Acre Infant School has 123 pupils on roll.

What age range does Thorpe Acre Infant School cover?

Thorpe Acre Infant School for pupils aged 4 to 7.

Where is Thorpe Acre Infant School?

Thorpe Acre Infant School is at Alan Moss Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 4SQ.