Thurlby Community Primary Academy

Thurlby Community Primary Academy has shown a solid performance overall, achieving a 'Good' rating across all domains in its first inspection since conversion to an academy. The school benefits from strong leadership, a committed staff, and a well-rounded, sequenced curriculum that effectively prepares pupils for future learning. The pupils take pride in their school, engage positively in their education, and receive ample recognition for their efforts, contributing to a nurturing school environment.

Strengths

• Strong leadership with a clear vision and commitment
• Well-structured and sequenced curriculum across subjects
• Effective phonics program leading to competent readers
• Robust support for pupils with SEND
• Exciting early years provision with a variety of activities
• Active pupil involvement in school roles and council
• Positive contributions to personal development through PSHE

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent recall of learning in some foundation subjects
• Early stages of curriculum implementation in certain areas
• Lack of clarity in early years curriculum on expected 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 Thurlby Community Primary Academy attended 96.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 4.8% 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, 2.0% of pupils at Thurlby Community Primary Academy 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 Thurlby Community Primary Academy had 23.1 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 0.0% 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, 14.1% of pupils at Thurlby Community Primary Academy were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 4.7% 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 Thurlby Community Primary Academy received £7,066 and spent £6,495 for each of its 205 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £166,000 (£812 per pupil).

Across all 6 schools of Keystone Academy Trust, income was £6,919 and spending £6,449 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 Bourne · Lincolnshire local authority: places and applications

Thurlby Community Primary Academy is part of Keystone Academy Trust, which runs 7 schools. The nearest others:

• Bourne Westfield Primary Academy Bourne
• The Cowbit St Mary's Church of England Academy Spalding
• Surfleet Primary School Spalding
• Long Sutton County Primary School Spalding
• Lutton St Nicholas Primary Academy Spalding
• Tower Road Academy Boston

What is Thurlby Community Primary Academy's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Thurlby Community Primary Academy is Good, from an inspection in September 2024.

When was Thurlby Community Primary Academy last inspected by Ofsted?

Thurlby Community Primary Academy was last inspected in September 2024.

How many pupils does Thurlby Community Primary Academy have?

Thurlby Community Primary Academy has 213 pupils on roll.

What age range does Thurlby Community Primary Academy cover?

Thurlby Community Primary Academy for pupils aged 4 to 11.

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

In 2025, 65% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Thurlby Community Primary Academy?

Thurlby Community Primary Academy is at Crown Lane, Thurlby, Bourne, Lincolnshire, PE10 0EZ.