Thwaites School
Hallthwaites, Millom, LA18 5HP
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Mark Redhead
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Barrow and Furness
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Further from a major town or city
- Capacity
- 56
- Pupils on roll
- 28
- URN
- 112166
- Local authority
- Cumberland
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01229772554
About this school
Thwaites School is a community primary school in Millom. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 28 pupils on roll.
You can read Ofsted's latest judgement for the school below. Where the Department for Education has published them, its results and pupil characteristics appear below. Numbers and a report only go so far, so visit in person before you apply.
Ofsted judgement
Ofsted did not give an overall grade. Between September 2024 and September 2025 inspections graded each area of a school's work without a single overall judgement, ahead of the move to report cards. How Ofsted report cards work
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Outstanding
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Early years
- Good
- Safeguarding
- Effective
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 6 | 3 | 7 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 50% | - | 29% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | - | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 67% | - | 57% |
| Expected standard in maths | 50% | - | 57% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 83% | - | 71% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 105.0 | - | 101.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 102.0 | - | 100.0 |
| Reading progress | +0.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -0.60 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -1.20 | - | - |
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 Thwaites 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 | Cumberland average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 50% | 53% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | — | 52.2% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 29% | 54.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 3.8% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 45 |
| 2023/24 | 35 |
| 2024/25 | 37 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Thwaites School compares
Thwaites School ranked 105th of 111 primary schools in Cumberland for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 6% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 87% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 29% | 3.8% | 34.5% | 28 | — |
| Broughton CofE Primary and Nursery School | 63% | 4.1% | 8.9% | 129 | 2.5 miles |
| St James' Catholic Primary School | 64% | 5.3% | 20.9% | 186 | 3.3 miles |
| Black Combe Junior School | 50% | 6.9% | 32.9% | 89 | 3.5 miles |
| Millom Infant School | — | 6.5% | 38.6% | 50 | 3.5 miles |
| Burlington CofE School | 36% | 3.2% | 5.8% | 76 | 3.8 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 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 34.48%
- English as an additional language
- 0%
- Overall absence
- 3.83%
- Persistent absence
- 6.67%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Broughton CofE Primary and Nursery School2.5 miles
Primary · Broughton-in-Furness
-
St James' Catholic Primary School3.3 miles
Primary · millom
-
Black Combe Junior School3.5 miles
Primary · Millom
-
Millom Infant School3.5 miles
Primary · Millom
-
Burlington CofE School3.8 miles
Primary · Kirkby-in-Furness
Other schools in Millom
Thwaites School ranks 5th of the 5 ranked primary schools in Millom.
- Black Combe Junior School Primary
- Captain Shaw's CofE School Primary
- Haverigg Primary School Primary
- Millom Infant School Primary
- Millom Infant School Primary
- St James' Catholic Primary School Primary
- Waberthwaite CofE School Primary
- Parkview Nursery School Nursery
- Millom School Secondary
Common questions
- What year groups does Thwaites School teach?
- Thwaites School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Millom.
- Who is the headteacher of Thwaites School?
- The headteacher of Thwaites School is Mr Mark Redhead, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Thwaites School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Thwaites School, and its latest judgement is set out in the inspection section on this page, with the framework and the date it was made.
- How big is Thwaites School?
- Thwaites School has 28 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Thwaites School full?
- Thwaites School has capacity for 56 pupils and 28 on roll (50%), so it has space against its published capacity. Places are allocated through the local authority's admissions process, so capacity alone does not tell you whether a place is available.
- Is Thwaites School a faith school?
- No. Thwaites School has no designated religious character.
- Does Thwaites School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Thwaites School as having nursery classes.
- How have Thwaites School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 50% in 2022/23 and 29% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Thwaites School rank locally?
- Thwaites School ranked 105th of 111 primary schools in Cumberland for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 6% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 87% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Thwaites School's absence rate?
- Thwaites School's overall absence rate is 3.8% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Thwaites School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Thwaites 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 29 June 2026.