Thythorn Field Community Primary School
Bideford Close, Wigston, LE18 2QU
This school is closed (it closed in August 2025).
It was replaced by Thythorn Field Community Primary School. That page has the school's current information.
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mrs Claire Price
- Constituency
- Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 210
- Pupils on roll
- 174
- URN
- 119993
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
About this school
Thythorn Field Community Primary School was a community primary school in Wigston. It taught children aged 4 to 11 and had 174 pupils on roll.
Ofsted did not inspect it under the current framework.
Ofsted judgement
Thythorn Field Community Primary School has not been inspected by Ofsted yet.
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 29 | 27 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 38% | 52% | 33% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 62% | 70% | 67% |
| Expected standard in maths | 41% | 70% | 43% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 59% | 70% | 63% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 102.0 | 105.0 | 103.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 98.0 | 102.0 | 99.0 |
| Reading progress | -2.60 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -2.90 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -5.50 | - | - |
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 Thythorn Field Community 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 | Leicestershire average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 38% | 60.8% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 52% | 60.1% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 33% | 61.4% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 5.9% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 5.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.4% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 198 |
| 2023/24 | 194 |
| 2024/25 | 174 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Thythorn Field Community Primary School compares
Its KS2 result was higher than 8% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 32% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 33% | 6.4% | 22.4% | 174 | — |
| Thythorn Field Community Primary School | — | — | — | 165 | 0.0 miles |
| Little Hill Primary | 63% | 4.7% | 16.5% | 406 | 0.8 miles |
| All Saints Church of England Primary School | 45% | 7.3% | 35.6% | 202 | 1.0 miles |
| The Meadow Community Primary School | 71% | 5.8% | 22.1% | 429 | 1.1 miles |
| Glenmere Community Primary School | 73% | 3.6% | 9% | 212 | 1.4 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)
- 22.41%
- English as an additional language
- 6.9%
- Overall absence
- 6.44%
- Persistent absence
- 17.82%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Thythorn Field Community Primary School0.0 miles
Primary · Wigston
-
Little Hill Primary0.8 miles
Primary · Wigston
-
All Saints Church of England Primary School1.0 miles
Primary · Wigston
-
The Meadow Community Primary School1.1 miles
Primary · Wigston
-
Glenmere Community Primary School1.4 miles
Primary · Wigston
Other schools in Wigston
- All Saints Church of England Primary School Primary
- Fairfield Community Primary School Primary
- Glenmere Community Primary School Primary
- Kilby St Mary's Church of England Primary School Primary
- Little Hill Primary Primary
- Parkland Primary School South Wigston Primary
- Saint John Fisher Catholic Voluntary Academy, Wigston, Leicestershire Primary
- The Meadow Community Primary School Primary
- Thythorn Field Community Primary School Primary
- Water Leys Primary School Primary
- Wigston Menphys Nursery School Nursery
- South Wigston High School Secondary
Common questions
- What ages does Thythorn Field Community Primary School teach?
- Thythorn Field Community Primary School taught children aged 4 to 11. It was a primary school in Wigston.
- Has Thythorn Field Community Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has not inspected Thythorn Field Community 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 Thythorn Field Community Primary School?
- Thythorn Field Community Primary School had 174 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- How have Thythorn Field Community Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 38% in 2022/23 and 33% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- What are Thythorn Field Community Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Thythorn Field Community 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 31 August 2025.