Thorpe Lea Primary School

Thorpe Lea Primary School demonstrates a strong overall performance, with effective leadership and a positive culture that prioritizes safeguarding and pupil wellbeing. The school supports students well, particularly those with special educational needs and those disadvantaged, through tailored interventions and an ambitious curriculum. However, despite these strengths, writing outcomes need improvement to ensure consistent high-quality work across the curriculum.

Strengths

• Strong focus on safeguarding, creating a safe environment for pupils.
• Students flourish in the early years, developing secure foundational skills.
• High achievement in phonics and reading, with results above the national average.
• Effective support strategies for vulnerable students, leading to good progress.
• Positive behaviour and relationships among pupils, contributing to a conducive learning environment.
• Strong leadership that prioritizes professional development for staff.

Areas for Improvement

• Writing outcomes are inconsistent and require improvement.
• Teaching adaptations for diverse learning needs are not always secure.

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 Lea Primary School attended 93.9% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 17.8% 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, 2.4% of pupils at Thorpe Lea Primary 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 Lea Primary School had 20.5 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 15.4% 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, 13.9% of pupils at Thorpe Lea Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 5.5% 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 Lea Primary School received £7,329 and spent £7,449 for each of its 231 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £350,000 (£1,516 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 Lea Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Thorpe Lea Primary School is Expected standard, from an inspection in May 2026.

When was Thorpe Lea Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Thorpe Lea Primary School was last inspected in May 2026.

How many pupils does Thorpe Lea Primary School have?

Thorpe Lea Primary School has 237 pupils on roll.

What age range does Thorpe Lea Primary School cover?

Thorpe Lea Primary School for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are Thorpe Lea Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 53% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Thorpe Lea Primary School?

Thorpe Lea Primary School is at Huntingfield Way, Thorpe Lea, Egham, Surrey, TW20 8DY.