Thurlow Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Primary · Voluntary controlled school · Ages 4–11 · Haverhill, Suffolk
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
3.613 miles
Published by Suffolk County Council · offers on 16 April 2025
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Thurlow Voluntary Controlled Primary School is a primary school in Haverhill, Suffolk for ages 4–11 (voluntary controlled school). Its latest Ofsted outcome is Good, from the inspection on 21 March 2023. Suffolk has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2025 entry.
Thurlow Voluntary Controlled Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2025 | 3.613 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The last child offered a Reception place in 2025 lived 3.613 miles away, the 7th longest of 19 Suffolk primary schools with a published Reception 2025 last distance.
- For Reception 2026 there were 12 first-choice applications for 12 offers, and every first-choice family was offered a place.
- In 2024/25, 73% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), and 9% reached the higher standard (England 8%).
- There were 19.3 pupils per teacher, against a middle figure of 22.4 across the 8 nearest primary schools in Suffolk.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Suffolk schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- The Street, Little Thurlow, Haverhill, CB9 7HY
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Religious character
- Church of England
- Council
- Suffolk
- Pupils on roll
- 77 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 14.3% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 19.3
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
Good Inspected 21 March 2023
Strengths
- “Pupils are proud to attend their school.”
- “They learn well and enjoy their learning.”
- “Pupils appreciate the extensive outdoor and woodland spaces.”
To improve
- “However, in a few subjects, staff do not check pupils’ understanding precisely enough.”
- “This means they do not identify when pupils are struggling or need more help as quickly as they could.”
- “As a result, pupils’ understanding and knowledge are less well developed in these subjects.”
Safeguarding: Effective
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 17 May 2023 (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) | 73% | 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: 12 first-preference applications, 12 offers in total, 12 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Suffolk.
- New Cangle Community Primary School 3.0 mi Good Last distance published
- Kedington Primary Academy 3.1 mi School remains Good (Improving) - S5 Next Last distance published
- Westfield Primary Academy 3.2 mi Good
- Place Farm Primary Academy 3.5 mi Good Last distance published
- St Felix Roman Catholic Primary School, Haverhill 3.5 mi Good
- Burton End Primary Academy 3.6 mi Standards maintained
- Coupals Primary Academy 3.7 mi School remains Good
- Hundon Community Primary School 4.0 mi Standards maintained