Thringstone Primary School

Academy converter·Primary school Coalville, Leicestershire·LE67 8LJ
Composite score
27.3
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#13,785
National rank
#1298
In East Midlands
#201
In Leicestershire
Top 93%
Nationally

Performance (KS2 SATs)

% meeting expected RWM
42%
% achieving higher RWM
0%
Reading average scaled score
103.0
National avg ≈ 105
Maths average scaled score
104.0
National avg ≈ 104
Reading progress
—
Maths progress
—

Ofsted judgements

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Overall effectiveness
Good
Quality of education
Good
Behaviour and attitudes
Good
Personal development
Good
Leadership and management
Good
Safeguarding effective?
Yes
Early years provision
Good

Getting a place

Offered a place after putting it first
100%
23 first choices, 24 places
First choices per place
0.96
fewer first choices than places
Applications naming the school
44
any preference, for 24 places
First preferences per place, last five years▼ 0.04
00.511.5
1 per place
1.0020221.1720231.0020241.0020250.962026

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

Every child who put Thringstone 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
2–11
Pupils on roll
158
Gender
Mixed
Religious character
None

Pupil background

% FSM ever-6
35.4%
Typical primary: 21.5%
% EAL
4.4%
Typical primary: 9.6%

Special educational needs

% SEN support
23.4%
Typical primary: 14.3%
% with an EHC plan
5.7%
Typical primary: 3.0%

Attendance

Overall absence
5.3%
Typical primary: 5.3%
Persistently absent
13.7%
Typical primary: 13.3%

Staffing & funding

Pupils per teacher
21.7
Typical primary: 20.7
Spend per pupil
£8,127
Typical primary: £6,960

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

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Location

Thringstone Primary School at a glance

Located in Coalville, Leicestershire, Thringstone Primary School is a primary school, classified by the DfE as a converter academy. The school educates roughly 158 pupils aged 2 to 11. Ofsted judged the school to be 'Good' at its most recent inspection. 42% of its pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of Key Stage 2, well below the national average (national figure: 61%). The proportion reaching the expected standard has fallen by 10.0 percentage points compared with 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 103 in reading and 104 in maths (national averages are about 105 and 104). Getting a place is straightforward: for the September 2026 intake every family who made Thringstone Primary School their first choice was offered one of its 24 Reception places. Overall pupil absence was 5.3%. There are about 21.7 pupils per teacher. When you visit, you might ask how the school stretches its higher-attaining pupils and supports those who need to catch up. 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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