Thorns Primary School
Thorns Road, Quarry Bank, Brierley Hill, DY5 2JY
This school is closed (it closed in December 2023).
It was replaced by Thorns Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Rebecca Jordan
- Constituency
- Stourbridge
- Setting
- (England/Wales) Urban major conurbation
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 196
- URN
- 103787
- Local authority
- Dudley
About this school
Thorns Primary School was a community primary school in Brierley Hill. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 196 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Thorns Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 |
|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 29 | 31 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 31% | 39% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 3% |
| Expected standard in reading | 55% | 58% |
| Expected standard in maths | 69% | 45% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 45% | 52% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 101.0 | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.40 | - |
| Writing progress | -2.10 | - |
| Maths progress | +0.70 | - |
Progress measures ended nationally after the 2022/23 school year, when the key stage 1 assessments they were based on were stopped. Blank progress figures in later years are not missing school data.
Trends over time
How Thorns Primary School has moved over recent years against the local and national picture. Every figure is shown in the table beneath its chart.
| Year | This school | Dudley average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 31% | 52.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 39% | 54.4% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | — | 59.1% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
How Thorns Primary School compares
Its absence rate was lower than 25% of England schools in 2022/23.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | — | 7.6% | 45.4% | 196 | — |
| Thorns Primary School | 55% | 5.6% | 42.3% | 190 | 0.0 miles |
| Mount Pleasant Primary School | 53% | 5.4% | 28.4% | 356 | 0.4 miles |
| Withymoor Primary School | 61% | 5.9% | 16.6% | 439 | 0.5 miles |
| St Mary's RC Primary School | 38% | 10.1% | 25.6% | 180 | 0.6 miles |
| Quarry Bank Primary School | 63% | 7.1% | 41.9% | 358 | 0.7 miles |
Results reflect each school's cohort as much as its teaching, and free school meals share is context, not a judgement. Small gaps between neighbouring schools are rarely meaningful on their own.
School context
From the 2022/23 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 45.4%
- English as an additional language
- 6.1%
- Overall absence
- 7.6%
- Persistent absence
- 24.3%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Thorns Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Brierley Hill
-
Mount Pleasant Primary School0.4 miles
Primary · Brierley Hill
-
Withymoor Primary School0.5 miles
Primary · Brierley Hill
-
St Mary's RC Primary School0.6 miles
Primary · Brierley Hill
-
Quarry Bank Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Brierley Hill
Other schools in Brierley Hill
- Brierley Hill Primary School Primary
- Brockmoor Primary School Primary
- Hawbush Primary School Primary
- Mount Pleasant Primary School Primary
- Peters Hill Primary School Primary
- Quarry Bank Primary School Primary
- St Mark's CofE Primary School Primary
- St Mary's RC Primary School Primary
- The Bromley-Pensnett Primary School Primary
- Thorns Primary School Primary
- Withymoor Primary School Primary
- Thorns Collegiate Academy Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Thorns Primary School teach?
- Thorns Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Brierley Hill.
- Has Thorns Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Thorns Primary School under its current framework, so no current judgement is shown. That is common for newer schools and is not a mark against a school.
- How many pupils are at Thorns Primary School?
- Thorns Primary School had 196 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Thorns Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 31% in 2022/23 and 39% in 2023/24. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Thorns Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Thorns Primary School's key stage results are shown in the results section on this page, with the last three years so you can see the trend rather than a single year.
School details come from the Department for Education's Get Information About Schools register. Inspection outcomes come from Ofsted, and exam results from the Department for Education's school performance service. This page was last updated on 28 October 2024.