Thorney Island Community Primary School

Community school·Primary school Emsworth, West Sussex·PO10 8DJ
Composite score
47.1
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#8,372
National rank
#1234
In South East
#85
In West Sussex
Top 57%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
67%
% achieving higher RWM
3%
Reading average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
106.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
26 first choices, 28 places
First choices per place
0.93
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
44
any preference, for 28 places
Applications from another council area
23%
First preferences per place, last five years▶ 0.00
00.511.5
1 per place
0.9720221.0020230.9120240.9320250.932026

Red dashed line = one first choice per place. How to read this

Every child who put Thorney Island Community Primary School first was offered a place in 2026, so no distance cut-off applied: living further away did not cost a place that year.

Application figures: DfE, school level applications and offers (2026 intake).

School profile

Age range
4–11
Pupils on roll
192
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
7.8%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
6.8%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
7.3%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
4.2%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
4.1%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
8.1%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
25.2
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£6,949
Typical primary: £6,960

“Typical” = the median primary school in England. What this means

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Location

Thorney Island Community Primary School at a glance

Located in Emsworth, West Sussex, Thorney Island Community Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a community school. The school educates roughly 192 pupils aged 4 to 11. In the most recent Key Stage 2 SATs, 67% of pupils reached the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined — above the national average of 61%. That marks an improvement of 5.0 percentage points in the proportion reaching the expected standard on the previous year. On our composite score, which combines the DfE attainment measures above, this places it in the lower half of primary schools nationally.

Pupils achieved an average scaled score of 106 in reading and 106 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). 3% reached the higher standard across all three subjects (around 8% do so nationally). Thorney Island Community Primary School was not oversubscribed for September 2026: all 26 families who put it first were offered a place. Overall pupil absence was 4.1%. There are about 25.2 pupils per teacher. Its intake is relatively advantaged, with around 8% of pupils eligible for free school meals in the last six years versus about 24% nationally. Thorney Island Community Primary School does not currently have a recent graded Ofsted judgement on record (often the case for newer or recently converted schools), so it is worth asking when its next inspection is expected. This overview is generated automatically from the latest published DfE performance tables and Ofsted data; figures are rounded, and you can check the originals via the official links above.

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