Thornhill Primary School

State-Funded School

thornhill-primary-school-southampton-south-east

South EastRegion

SouthamptonLocal Authority

Southampton ItchenConstituency

SO19 6FHPostcode

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Academic Performance

Previous Ofsted

About the School

Thornhill Primary School is a state-funded primary for pupils aged 4–11, located in Southampton, South East.

Ofsted's most recent inspection is published as a report card rather than a single overall grade. It currently serves 318 pupils. Thornhill Primary School is part of Hamwic Education Trust.

Ofsted Report Card

Inspected 24 Mar 2026 · published 29 Jun 2026

Current inspection

Safeguarding standards

Met

Evaluation areas

Inclusion
Expected standard
Curriculum and teaching
Expected standard
Achievement
Needs attention
Attendance and behaviour
Expected standard
Personal development and wellbeing
Expected standard
Early years
Expected standard
Leadership and governance
Expected standard

Previous Ofsted Rating

Subject Areas (previous framework)

Leadership &management

Requires improvement

Quality ofeducation

Requires improvement

Personaldevelopment

Good

Behaviour &attitudes

Requires improvement

Early yearsprovision

Requires improvement

Academic Performance

Well below average

Ranked against primary schools in England · 2023-24

Reading, writing & maths: 15%
Higher standard: 2%
Reading score: 98
Maths score: 95

Ethnicity

White

80%

Asian

Black

Mixed

Any other group

Unclassified

<1%

Pupils

318

Total Pupils

55%Boys

45%Girls

Pupil Characteristics

Free school meals

66%

England average

27%

First language not English

18%

England average

22%

Young carers

England average

0%25%50%75%100%

DfE school census, January 2026.

Key Information

Phase: Primary
Age range: 4 – 11
Deprivation band: Most deprived
Total pupils: 318
IDACI quintile: 5 (Least deprived)
MAT name: Hamwic Education Trust

Inspection history

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

Report published					Overall
13 Sept 2023	Requires improvement	Requires improvement	Good	Requires improvement	Requires improvement
13 Dec 2012	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.