Voluntary controlled school · Lancashire

Thornton Cleveleys Baines Endowed Voluntary Controlled Primary School

4–11Ages
200Pupils
PrimaryPhase
119391URN

Station Road, Thornton-Cleveleys, FY5 5HY · School website

Applications per placeCircle size: applicationsThis school

Latest Ofsted

Graded inspection · Mar 2025 Previous framework

No overall grade given

Quality of education
Behaviour and attitudes
Personal development
Leadership and management

What Ofsted found

Applications per place · Sept 2026

3.2per place

0.7 above Lancashire median (2.6)

Fewer applicationsMore

This schoolOther primary schools in Lancashire

97 applications for 30 places · 68th of 366 in Lancashire

Every year since 2014

SATs · reading, writing and maths · 2024/25

52%met the expected standard

Lancashire 63% England 64%

Reading, writing and maths

What did Ofsted find?

Ofsted data to 30 September 2026

Graded inspection · 25 March 2025Ofsted's previous 4-point scale (to August 2024). Between September 2024 and November 2025 Ofsted graded areas but gave no overall grade.
Area	Outstanding	Good	Requires improvement	Inadequate
Quality of education		Good
Behaviour and attitudes		Good
Personal development		Good
Leadership and management		Good
Early years provision		Good

Inspection history

25 March 2025
Graded inspection, no overall grade
29 January 2020
Ungraded inspection: School remains Good

Full reports on the Ofsted website · How to read Ofsted grades

About these grades

Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.

How hard is it to get a place?

DfE · Sept 2026 entry

3.2applications per place, Reception

0.7 above Lancashire median (2.6) 1.0 above England median (2.2)

97 applications · 30 places offered · 27 named it first

2026 3.2; Lancashire median median 2.6
2025 3.9; Lancashire median median 2.7
2024 3.7; Lancashire median median 2.6
2023 3.3; Lancashire median median 2.6
2022 2.7; Lancashire median median 2.5
2021 4.1; Lancashire median median 2.6
2020 3.7; Lancashire median median 2.7
2019 4.6; Lancashire median median 2.6
2018 3.9; Lancashire median median 2.7
2017 5.1; Lancashire median median 2.5
2016 4.7; Lancashire median median 2.6
2015 4.7; Lancashire median median 2.5
2014 4.2; Lancashire median median 2.4

More applications per place than the Lancashire median in 13 of 13 years.

This school
Lancashire median

Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council

How this is measured

Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.

Entry	Places	Applications	Per place	First preferences	First-pref. ratio
Sep 2026	30	97	3.2	27	0.90
Sep 2025	30	116	3.9	41	1.37
Sep 2024	30	110	3.7	33	1.10
Sep 2023	27	89	3.3	23	0.85
Sep 2022	28	75	2.7	28	1.00
Sep 2021	30	123	4.1	40	1.33
Sep 2020	30	112	3.7	28	0.93
Sep 2019	30	137	4.6	40	1.33
Sep 2018	30	117	3.9	33	1.10
Sep 2017	30	153	5.1	51	1.70
Sep 2016	30	140	4.7	45	1.50
Sep 2015	30	141	4.7	51	1.70
Sep 2014	30	126	4.2	47	1.57

How did pupils do in SATs?

DfE KS2 · 2024/25

Reading 97% · Writing 55% · Maths 90% → all three 52% met the expected standard, End of Year 6

Reading, writing and maths: expected standard52%321st of 444 in Lancashire

Lancashire 63% England 64%

Reading

Expected standard97%

Lancashire 77% England 78%

Higher standard34%

Lancashire 30% England 33%

Average scaled score 106 (100 = expected standard)

Writing

Expected standard55%

Lancashire 74% England 75%

Greater depth0%

Lancashire 11% England 12%

Maths

Expected standard90%

Lancashire 76% England 77%

Higher standard31%

Lancashire 22% England 24%

Average scaled score 107 (100 = expected standard)

This school
Lancashire median
England median

Every year as a table

Year	Expected standard	Higher standard	Reading score	Maths score
2024/25	52%	0%	106	107
2023/24	63%	0%	105	105
2022/23	77%	13%	107	105

Subject results are published for the latest year only. Scaled scores run from 80 to 120.

Schools nearby

The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority

Thornton Cleveleys Baines Endowed Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolThis school
This school

Graded · no overall grade2025

3.2applications per place 52%met the SATs standard
Stanah Primary School
0.5 km · Lancashire

Remains Good2024

2.2applications per place 85%met the SATs standard
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Thornton Cleveleys
1.4 km · Lancashire

2026

2.6applications per place 60%met the SATs standard
Carleton Green Community Primary School
1.5 km · Lancashire

Good2024

2.2applications per place 75%met the SATs standard
Thornton Primary School
1.5 km · Lancashire

Good2023

3.4applications per place 45%met the SATs standard
Thornton Cleveleys Royles Brook Primary School
1.5 km · Lancashire

Some aspects not as strong2024

2.4applications per place 36%met the SATs standard
Carleton St Hilda's Church of England Primary School
1.9 km · Lancashire

Remains Good2023

2.5applications per place 76%met the SATs standard
Anchorsholme Primary Academy
2.1 km · Blackpool

Graded · no overall grade2025

1.9applications per place 53%met the SATs standard
Poulton-le-Fylde the Breck Primary School
2.1 km · Lancashire

Graded · no overall grade2025

4.8applications per place 94%met the SATs standard

Exceptional
Strong standard
Expected standard
Needs attention
Urgent improvement
Does not apply

Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.

School details

Type: Voluntary controlled school
Phase: Primary
URN · DfE number: 119391 · 888/3125
Capacity: 210 pupils · 200 on roll
Free school meals: 16.5% of pupils (England median 23%)
Address: Station Road, Thornton-Cleveleys, FY5 5HY
Local authority: Lancashire · Wyre

Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources