Thorpe Lea Primary School
Huntingfield Way, Thorpe Lea, Egham, TW20 8DY
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Community school
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Headteacher
- Mr Adam Collin
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Constituency
- Runnymede and Weybridge
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 262
- Pupils on roll
- 237
- URN
- 125072
- Local authority
- Surrey
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 01784456398
About this school
Thorpe Lea Primary School is a community primary school in Egham. It teaches children aged 3 to 11 and has 237 pupils on roll.
Ofsted has inspected Thorpe Lea Primary School, and its latest judgement is set out 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 no longer gives schools a single overall grade. Each area of the school's work is graded on a five-point scale, and safeguarding is judged separately.
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Expected standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Expected standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Early years
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding
- Met
Exam results
Key stage 2 (end of primary school)
| Measure | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pupils at the end of key stage 2 | 24 | 26 | 30 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 29% | 54% | 53% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 4% | 4% | 7% |
| Expected standard in reading | 42% | 77% | 77% |
| Expected standard in maths | 42% | 81% | 63% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 42% | 69% | 73% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 99.0 | 104.0 | 105.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 100.0 | 104.0 | 102.0 |
| Reading progress | -1.10 | - | - |
| Writing progress | +1.80 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -0.80 | - | - |
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 Thorpe Lea 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 | Surrey average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 29% | 61.1% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 54% | 62.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 53% | 62.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 6.6% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 6.5% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 6.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 237 |
| 2023/24 | 240 |
| 2024/25 | 245 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Thorpe Lea Primary School compares
Thorpe Lea Primary School ranked 184th of 205 primary schools in Surrey for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 26% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 38% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 53% | 6.1% | 33.3% | 237 | — |
| Hythe Primary School | 56% | 5.2% | 27.6% | 444 | 0.3 miles |
| Manorcroft Primary School | 64% | 4.4% | 16.1% | 410 | 0.9 miles |
| Our Lady of the Rosary Primary School | 89% | 3.3% | 5.7% | 236 | 0.9 miles |
| Riverbridge Primary School | 57% | 5.6% | 21.7% | 687 | 0.9 miles |
| Thorpe CofE Aided Primary School | 44% | 6.4% | 17.9% | 195 | 1.2 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 33.33%
- English as an additional language
- 19.2%
- Overall absence
- 6.05%
- Persistent absence
- 17.84%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Hythe Primary School0.3 miles
Primary · Staines
-
Manorcroft Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Egham
-
Our Lady of the Rosary Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Staines
-
Riverbridge Primary School0.9 miles
Primary · Staines
-
Thorpe CofE Aided Primary School1.2 miles
Primary · Egham
Other schools in Egham
Thorpe Lea Primary School ranks 4th of the 5 ranked primary schools in Egham.
- Manorcroft Primary School Primary
- St Cuthbert's Catholic Primary School Primary
- St Jude's Church of England Junior School Primary
- Thorpe CofE Aided Primary School Primary
- Egham Park School Ltd Special schools
- St Peter's Centre Academies
- ACS Egham International School Independent schools
- T A S I S Independent schools
- Royal Holloway and Bedford New College Universities
Common questions
- What ages does Thorpe Lea Primary School teach?
- Thorpe Lea Primary School teaches children aged 3 to 11. It is a primary school in Egham.
- Who is the headteacher of Thorpe Lea Primary School?
- The headteacher of Thorpe Lea Primary School is Mr Adam Collin, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- Has Thorpe Lea Primary School been inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Thorpe Lea Primary 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 many pupils are at Thorpe Lea Primary School?
- Thorpe Lea Primary School has 237 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 3 to 11.
- Is Thorpe Lea Primary School full?
- Thorpe Lea Primary School has capacity for 262 pupils and 237 on roll (90%), 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 Thorpe Lea Primary School a faith school?
- No. Thorpe Lea Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Thorpe Lea Primary School have a nursery?
- Yes. The schools register records Thorpe Lea Primary School as having nursery classes.
- How have Thorpe Lea Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 29% in 2022/23 and 53% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Thorpe Lea Primary School compare with other schools in Surrey?
- Thorpe Lea Primary School ranked 184th of 205 primary schools in Surrey for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 26% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 38% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Thorpe Lea Primary School's absence rate?
- Thorpe Lea Primary School's overall absence rate is 6.1% in the latest published census, at or below the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Thorpe Lea Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Thorpe Lea 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 30 June 2026.