Thornton Cleveleys Baines Endowed Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire
Thornton Cleveleys Baines Endowed Voluntary Controlled Primary School is a primary school in Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Not judged, from the inspection on 25 March 2025.
Key facts
- Address
- Station Road, Thornton-Cleveleys, FY5 5HY
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Sector
- See recorded establishment type
- Council
- Lancashire
- Pupils on roll
- 200 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 16.5% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 22.2
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Not judged Inspected 25 March 2025
Strengths
- “Pupils are happy at this welcoming school.”
- “Relationships between staff and pupils are strong.”
- “Pupils are kind and respectful.”
To improve
- “However, on occasion, learning activities do not match accurately to the knowledge that the school has identified for pupils to learn.”
- “Where this is the case, some pupils do not learn some of the key curriculum content as well as they could.”
- “However, in a few subjects, the school is in the process of developing its approach to checking what pupils know and remember.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 16 May 2025 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 52% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 27 first-preference applications, 30 offers in total, 26 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
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Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Lancashire.
- Stanah Primary School 0.3 mi School remains Good
- Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Thornton Cleveleys 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade
- Carleton Green Community Primary School 0.9 mi Good
- Thornton Primary School 0.9 mi Good
- Thornton Cleveleys Royles Brook Primary School 1.0 mi Some aspects not as strong
- Carleton St Hilda's Church of England Primary School 1.2 mi School remains Good
- Poulton-le-Fylde the Breck Primary School 1.3 mi Not judged
- St John's Catholic Primary School, Poulton-Le-Fylde 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade