St John's Church of England Primary School, Thornham
Primary · Slattocks · M24 2SB
Earlier grade, confirmed by a later ungraded inspection
Ofsted's most recent (ungraded) visit confirmed the school remains Good. Ungraded inspections do not award a new grade.
Inspected 19 October 2022
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117 pupils · 100% of 105 capacity
- School type
- Academy converter
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Free school meals
- 11.1% of pupils
- English as additional language
- 7.5% of pupils
- SEN support
- 20% of pupils
- EHC plan
- 5% of pupils
- URN
- 150323
Admissions demand: Reception entry, September 2026
0.88 first-choice applications per place16 places offered · 14 first-choice applications · roughly balanced
Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE. A ratio above 1.00 means more families named this school first choice than there were places.
Key stage 2 results (2024/2025)
16 pupils at the end of key stage 2 in 2024/2025
Source: DfE performance tables 2024/2025. “Suppressed” means the DfE withholds figures for very small cohorts.
Attendance (2025/26 autumn term)
Autumn-term absence, DfE pupil absence data. Lower is better.
Staffing
Full-time-equivalent, 2025/26.
Teacher retention (2024/25)
100% of teachers stayed at the school the following year
School Workforce Census, DfE. The ratio counts full-time-equivalent qualified teachers; retention follows teachers in post one November to the next. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Spending per pupil
Total expenditure ÷ pupils, academy finance return (DfE Schools Financial Benchmarking, latest year). Higher spending is not a measure of quality. It often reflects greater pupil need or a smaller school. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Nearby schools
- St Gabriel's Roman Catholic Primary School, Rochdale
- Castleton Primary School
- Cardinal Langley Roman Catholic High School
- St Edward's Church of England Primary School
- Holy Family Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
- St John Fisher Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
- Boarshaw Community Primary School
- St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic High School, a Voluntary Academy