Thurston Church of England Primary Academy

About Thurston Church of England Primary Academy

Thurston Church of England Primary Academy holds a Good rating from Ofsted following its most recent inspection in November 2024, with every graded category — quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, early years provision, and leadership and management — all rated Good. The school’s most telling exam metric is its Key Stage 2 combined reading, writing and maths expected standard attainment: 60% of pupils reached this benchmark in the 2023/24 academic year. That figure sits just above the Suffolk local authority average of 58%, placing Thurston in the middle of the pack locally. It ranks 22nd out of 39 primary schools in Mid Suffolk and 119th out of 253 across the wider Suffolk authority. The school’s ranking score of 60 places it in the bottom half nationally, but the context matters — this is a school serving a community where just under one in five pupils (19. 9%) are eligible for free school meals, which is above the national average.

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