Thornhill Primary School

State-Funded School

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East of EnglandRegion

Central BedfordshireLocal Authority

Dunstable and Leighton BuzzardConstituency

LU5 5PEPostcode

7.7

Academic Performance

Ofsted

No overall grade

About the School

Thornhill Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 2–11, located in Central Bedfordshire, East of England.

It currently serves 516 pupils.

Ofsted Rating

Safeguarding effective

Yes

Rating last maintained

2025

Subject Areas

Leadership &management

Good

Quality ofeducation

Good

Personaldevelopment

Outstanding

Behaviour &attitudes

Good

Early yearsprovision

Good

Academic Performance

Above average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 70%
Higher standard: 10%
Reading score: 106
Maths score: 107

Ethnicity

White

57%

Asian

19%

Black

16%

Mixed

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

516

Total Pupils

52%Boys

48%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

17%

England average

27%

First language not English

54%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 2 – 11
Deprivation band: Deprived
Total pupils: 516
IDACI quintile: 4 (Less deprived)

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
2 Mar 2025	Good	Good	Outstanding	Good	Not judged
15 Jun 2011	Outstanding	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.