Thornbury Primary School

State-Funded School

thornbury-primary-school-plymouth-south-west

South WestRegion

PlymouthLocal Authority

Plymouth Moor ViewConstituency

PL6 8ULPostcode

1.8

Academic Performance

Ofsted

Not judged

About the School

Thornbury Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Plymouth, South West.

It currently serves 279 pupils. Thornbury Primary School is part of Connect Academy Trust.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2024

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 43%
Higher standard: 5%
Reading score: 102
Maths score: 100

Ethnicity

White

79%

Asian

11%

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

279

Total Pupils

50%Boys

50%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

14%

England average

27%

First language not English

21%

England average

22%

Young carers

<1%

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Average
Total pupils: 279
IDACI quintile: 3 (Average)
MAT name: Connect Academy Trust

Inspection history

2 graded inspections published by Ofsted. Ungraded and monitoring visits are not shown.

Report published					Overall
26 Nov 2024	Good	Requires improvement	Good	Good	Not judged
5 Mar 2015	Good	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Not reported in this inspection	Good

A grey dot means Ofsted did not report that judgement in the inspection of the day — the sub-judgements shown here were introduced with the 2019 framework.

Ofsted data as at 31 December 2024. A school may have been inspected since, or had an ungraded visit that does not change its grade — check Ofsted’s own record.