Ofsted: Requires improvement trending_up Places Available

Thorncombe, St Mary's Church of England Primary Academy

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personMrs Jessica Evans

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location_onChard, TA20 4NE

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Ofsted

Requires improvement

Inspected 2023

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Students

school

Expected Standard

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Demand Ratio

0.7x

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Thorncombe, St Mary's Church of England Primary Academy is a Academy converter primary school in Chard, serving ages 2-11. Currently Requires Improvement according to Ofsted — the school is working to raise standards.

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School Summary

Thorncombe, St Mary's Church of England Primary Academy is an academy converter in Chard, Dorset, admitting pupils aged 2-11. It is part of ACORN MULTI ACADEMY TRUST. The school has approximately 36 pupils on roll.

Ofsted last inspected the school in 2023. The school's current overall rating is Requires improvement. Inspectors assessed quality of education as Requires improvement, behaviour and attitudes Good, personal development Good, and leadership and management Good.

In the most recent admissions cycle, applications were at 0.7× capacity.

The pupil-to-qualified-teacher ratio is 15.0:1. There are no current teaching vacancies.

In the 2023/24 academic year, there were no permanent exclusions. The average suspension rate was 1.8 per 1,000 pupils per term.

verified Source: DfE 2024/25–2025/26 · Ofsted

Academic Performance

verified Data: UK Gov 2024/25

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Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

2024

R/W/M Expected Standard

LA 53%England 61%

Reading-% LA 72% · Eng 74%

Writing-% LA 66% · Eng 72%

Maths-% LA 65% · Eng 73%

Read SS

Maths SS

GPS SS

Progress (0 = national avg)

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Write

Maths

2023

R/W/M Expected Standard

67%

LA 53%England 60%

Reading100% LA 72% · Eng 73%

Writing67% LA 67% · Eng 71%

Maths67% LA 67% · Eng 73%

Read SS

107

Maths SS

102

GPS SS

103

Progress (0 = national avg)

0.9

Read

LA 0.0

-4.1 to 6.0

-1.0

Write

LA -0.8

-5.8 to 3.9

-2.9

Maths

LA -1.3

-7.7 to 1.8

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Report Archive

31 August 2024

Inspection Report

10 October 2023

Inspection Report

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06 February 2021

Inspection Report

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Inspection Report

Inspection History

3 Evaluations

2023-10-10

S5 Inspection EIF

Requires improvement

Education

Requires improvement

Behaviour

Good

Development

Good

Leadership

Good

2018-01-23

S5 Inspection EIF

Requires improvement

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Requires improvement

2012-09-19

None EIF

Good

Education

No Judgement

Behaviour

No Judgement

Development

No Judgement

Leadership

Good

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

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Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Official Department for Education (DfE) data. Suspensions measure temporary removals due to behavior, while exclusions represent permanent removals.

Suspension Rate

0.0%per term

sentiment_satisfied Below Average (Good)

National average: 0.8% for this term (primary).

Pupils Suspended 1+ Times

0.0%(0 pupils)

Summer term 2024

Represents the proportion of unique students suspended at least once in this term.

Permanent Exclusions

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verified Excellent (Zero)

National average: 1.063% of pupils excluded per term.

Pastoral Context: In the Summer term of 2024, this school served a headcount of 38 pupils. During this period, there were 0 temporary suspensions. The school's suspension rate was 0.0%, which is below the termly national average of 0.8%.

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Year / Term	Headcount	Suspensions	Susp. Rate	Nat. Avg
2023/24 (Summer term)	38	0	0.0%	0.8%
2023/24 (Spring term)	37	0	0.0%	0.7%
2023/24 (Autumn term)	37	2	5.4%	0.8%
2022/23 (Summer term)	35	0	0.0%	0.7%
2022/23 (Spring term)	36	1	2.8%	0.6%
2022/23 (Autumn term)	36	1	2.8%	0.6%
2021/22 (Summer term)	42	0	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Spring term)	44	0	0.0%	0.5%
2021/22 (Autumn term)	41	0	0.0%	0.5%

Source: DfE Suspensions and Permanent Exclusions in England. Data represents termly statistics as published by the Department for Education.

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Thorncombe, St Mary's Church of England Primary Academy

School Summary

Academic Performance

Primary Performance Trends (KS2)

Ofsted History

Publication Timeline

Inspection History

Admissions Insight

How Places Are Allocated

Faith Priority (Church of England)

Distance to School

School Capacity

Primary Admission Trends

Students & School Environment

School Size

Language Diversity

Inclusive Support

Attendance

Ethnicity Breakdown

Wellbeing, SEN & Pastoral Care

Behaviour & Discipline (Suspensions & Exclusions)

Funding & Staffing

Staffing

Teacher Turnover

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