Thames Primary Academy

Thames Primary Academy continues to maintain a good standard of education, showcasing a supportive environment where pupils are happy and eager to learn. The school, part of the Achievement Through Collaboration Trust, has an effective approach to enhancing pupil achievements, with high aspirations set for students. Noteworthy aspects include early years provision that fosters a strong foundation in reading and a commitment to promoting reading for enjoyment. The school's calm atmosphere and respectful behavior exhibited by pupils further contribute to their positive educational experience.

Strengths

• Pupils are happy, safe, and ready to learn.
• Strong focus on early reading and phonics.
• Teachers demonstrate strong subject knowledge and effective teaching strategies.
• Pupils with SEND receive timely support and appropriate adaptations in teaching.
• Positive attitudes to learning and respectful behavior among pupils.

Areas for Improvement

• Refining approaches to assessment to better identify gaps in pupils' knowledge.

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 Thames Primary Academy attended 93.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 21.4% 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, 1.3% of pupils at Thames Primary Academy 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 Thames Primary Academy had 18.6 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 7.0% 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, 13.3% of pupils at Thames Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 9.5% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

The school has a SEN unit with 25 pupils and resourced provision with 25 pupils.

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 2024–25 Thames Primary Academy received £9,115 and spent £9,472 for each of its 422 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £452,000 (£1,071 per pupil).

Across all 5 schools of Achievement Through Collaboration Trust, income was £7,639 and spending £7,977 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). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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Thames Primary Academy is part of Achievement Through Collaboration Trust, which runs 6 schools. The nearest others:

• Roseacre Primary Academy Blackpool
• Witton Park Academy Blackburn
• Platt Bridge Community School Wigan
• Hindley Junior and Infant School Wigan
• Bowland High Clitheroe

What is Thames Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Thames Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in January 2024.

When was Thames Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Thames Primary Academy was last inspected in January 2024.

How many pupils does Thames Primary Academy have?

Thames Primary Academy has 444 pupils on roll.

What age range does Thames Primary Academy cover?

Thames Primary Academy for pupils aged 2 to 11.

What are Thames Primary Academy's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 62% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Thames Primary Academy?

Thames Primary Academy is at Severn Road, Blackpool, Lancashire, FY4 1EE.