Thurlton Primary School

Thurlton Primary School is demonstrating good overall performance with notable strengths in behaviour and attitudes, which are rated as outstanding. The quality of education, leadership, and early years provision are all classified as good, reflecting strides made since the previous inspection, which had identified the school as requiring improvement. Recent curriculum updates have positively impacted student achievement, ensuring they retain knowledge effectively across subjects. The commitment to supporting pupils with special educational needs and disabilities is evident, with tailored approaches being applied successfully.

Strengths

• Pupils enjoy learning and achieve well.
• Teachers provide interesting and engaging lessons.
• Outstanding behaviour and a strong sense of belonging among pupils.
• Effective implementation of a new curriculum that enhances achievement.
• Strong support for pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
• Excellent relationships in early years contribute to readiness for Year 1.
• Teachers are proud to work at the school and receive good support.

Areas for Improvement

• Curriculum implementation is ongoing and not yet complete.

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 Thurlton Primary School attended 94.6% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 11.9% 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, 4.5% of pupils at Thurlton 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 Thurlton Primary School had 20.9 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 26.4% 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, 23.2% of pupils at Thurlton Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 10.1% 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 2024–25 Thurlton Primary School received £8,492 and spent £8,112 for each of its 66 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £70,000 (£1,065 per pupil).

Across all 7 schools of Clarion Corvus Trust, income was £7,930 and spending £8,050 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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All schools in Norwich · Norfolk local authority: places and applications

Thurlton Primary School is part of Clarion Corvus Trust, which runs 13 schools. The nearest others:

• Hobart High School Norwich
• Pakefield High School Lowestoft
• Lionwood Infant and Nursery School Norwich
• Lionwood Junior School Norwich
• Mousehold Infant & Nursery School Norwich
• George White Junior School Norwich
• Manor Field Infant and Nursery School Norwich
• Aslacton Primary School Norwich
• Drayton Community Infant School Norwich
• Nightingale Infant & Nursery School Norwich

What is Thurlton Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Thurlton Primary School is Good, from an inspection in June 2024.

When was Thurlton Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Thurlton Primary School was last inspected in June 2024.

How many pupils does Thurlton Primary School have?

Thurlton Primary School has 69 pupils on roll.

What age range does Thurlton Primary School cover?

Thurlton Primary School for pupils aged 5 to 11.

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

In 2025, 33% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Thurlton Primary School?

Thurlton Primary School is at Church Road, Thurlton, Norwich, Norfolk, NR14 6RN.