Thorndon Church of England Primary School

URN 149423·Primary·Academy converter·All Saints Schools Trust·Compare

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Requires improvement — Leadership & management
Finance: 2024/25Ofsted: Jun 2019Performance: 2025/26Workforce: 2025/26Attendance: 2025/26

Per-pupil income

£9,648.15

2023/24

Staff costs % of income

66.2%

DfE considers above 78% a concern

Reserves

27.4%

of income

In-year balance

+9.4%

of income

Key indicators

Requires improvement — Leadership & management

Most recent Ofsted rated Requires Improvement in: Leadership & management.

Latest Ofsted inspection

Requires improvement

19 June 2019 · S5 Inspection

Leadership & management

Requires improvement
SafeguardingEffective

Performance snapshot

Expected standard (reading)82.0%
Expected standard (writing)82.0%
Expected standard (maths)91.0%
Combined (RWM)Percentage of pupils meeting the expected standard in reading, writing, and maths at the end of primary school.82.0%

2024/25 · KS2

School demographics

Pupils on roll

52

Capacity

84 (62%)

Free school meals

28.8%

English additional lang.

3.8%

Ethnicity

White British 90.4%Black 1.9%Mixed 3.8%

Age range: 411

Workforce

FTE teachersFull-time equivalent: a measure of workforce size where part-time staff are counted proportionally.

4.5

Pupil:teacher ratioNumber of pupils per full-time equivalent teacher. Lower generally indicates smaller class sizes.

11.6

Mean salary

£48,361

Turnover

Vacancy rate

0.0%

Sickness (days)

Attendance

Overall absence

3.9%

National avg: 6.2%

Persistent absencePupils missing 10% or more of school sessions. A key DfE attendance measure.

7.8%

10%+ sessions missed

Authorised absence

3.6%

Unauthorised absence

0.4%

2024/25 · 51 pupils