Thornhill Primary School
Byron Road, Thornhill, Southampton, SO19 6FH
- Phase
- Primary
- School type
- Academy converter
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Trust
- HAMWIC EDUCATION TRUST
- Headteacher
- Mrs L Carroll
- Sponsor
- Hamwic Education Trust
- Constituency
- Southampton Itchen
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Capacity
- 390
- Pupils on roll
- 318
- URN
- 145222
- Local authority
- Southampton
- Website
- School website
- Telephone
- 02380449595
About this school
Thornhill Primary School is a primary academy in Southampton. It teaches children aged 4 to 11 and has 318 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. Seeing a school for yourself shows what no page can, so arrange a visit 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
- Needs attention
- 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 | 55 | 59 | 54 |
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 16% | 15% | 21% |
| Reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths | 0% | 2% | 0% |
| Expected standard in reading | 55% | 44% | 44% |
| Expected standard in maths | 36% | 24% | 41% |
| Expected standard in grammar, punctuation and spelling | 42% | 31% | 35% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 101.0 | 98.0 | 99.0 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 97.0 | 95.0 | 97.0 |
| Reading progress | -5.50 | - | - |
| Writing progress | -10.50 | - | - |
| Maths progress | -8.40 | - | - |
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 Thornhill 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 | Southampton average | England average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 16% | 55.3% | 57.9% |
| 2023/24 | 15% | 51.3% | 58.8% |
| 2024/25 | 21% | 53.9% | 60.3% |
Department for Education KS2 performance data, published school results.
| Year | This school | England average |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 7.7% | 6.8% |
| 2023/24 | 7.7% | 6.6% |
| 2024/25 | 8.1% | 6.2% |
Department for Education pupil absence data.
| Year | This school |
|---|---|
| 2022/23 | 371 |
| 2023/24 | 368 |
| 2024/25 | 341 |
School census, spring count each academic year.
How Thornhill Primary School compares
Thornhill Primary School ranked 44th of 45 primary schools in Southampton for KS2 results in 2024/25. Its KS2 result was higher than 5% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 16% of England schools in 2024/25.
| School | KS2 RWM (2024/25) | Absence | FSM (6 years) | Pupils | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 21% | 8.1% | 68% | 318 | — |
| Kanes Hill Primary School | 67% | 6.4% | 52.7% | 373 | 0.7 miles |
| Sholing Junior School | 53% | 6.9% | 28% | 353 | 0.7 miles |
| Harefield Primary School | 59% | 6.6% | 41.5% | 397 | 0.7 miles |
| Sholing Infant School | — | 3.7% | 17.2% | 264 | 0.7 miles |
| Hightown Primary School | 21% | 8% | 70.6% | 229 | 0.8 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.
Inspection history
School context
From the 2024/25 school census and absence figures.
- Free school meals (last 6 years)
- 68.04%
- English as an additional language
- 16.1%
- Overall absence
- 8.05%
- Persistent absence
- 20.29%
Location
Nearby schools
-
Kanes Hill Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Southampton
-
Sholing Junior School0.7 miles
Primary · Southampton
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Harefield Primary School0.7 miles
Primary · Southampton
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Sholing Infant School0.7 miles
Primary · Southampton
-
Hightown Primary School0.8 miles
Primary · Southampton
Other schools in Southampton
Thornhill Primary School ranks 78th of the 79 ranked primary schools in Southampton.
- Abbotswood Junior School Primary
- Banister Primary School Primary
- Bartley Church of England Junior School Primary
- Bassett Green Primary School Primary
- Beechwood Junior School Primary
- Berrywood Primary School Primary
- Bevois Town Primary School Primary
- Bishop's Waltham Junior School Primary
- Bishops Waltham Infant School Primary
- Bitterne Church of England Primary School Primary
- Bitterne Manor Primary and Nursery School Primary
- Bitterne Park Primary & Nursery School - Part of the Learning Federation Partnership of Schools Primary
Common questions
- What year groups does Thornhill Primary School teach?
- Thornhill Primary School teaches children aged 4 to 11. It is a primary school in Southampton.
- Who is the headteacher of Thornhill Primary School?
- The headteacher of Thornhill Primary School is Mrs L Carroll, as recorded in the Department for Education's register of schools.
- When was Thornhill Primary School last inspected?
- Ofsted has inspected Thornhill 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 big is Thornhill Primary School?
- Thornhill Primary School has 318 pupils on roll, teaching children aged 4 to 11.
- Is Thornhill Primary School full?
- Thornhill Primary School has capacity for 390 pupils and 318 on roll (82%), 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 Thornhill Primary School a faith school?
- No. Thornhill Primary School has no designated religious character.
- Does Thornhill Primary School have a nursery?
- No. The schools register records Thornhill Primary School as having no nursery classes.
- Who runs Thornhill Primary School?
- Thornhill Primary School is part of HAMWIC EDUCATION TRUST. Schools in a trust or federation share leadership and governance, but each keeps its own inspection record and results.
- How have Thornhill Primary School's results changed over recent years?
- Its share of pupils reaching the expected standard in reading, writing and maths was 16% in 2022/23 and 21% in 2024/25. The year-by-year figures, alongside local and national averages, are charted in the trends section on this page.
- How does Thornhill Primary School rank locally?
- Thornhill Primary School ranked 44th of 45 primary schools in Southampton for key stage 2 results. Its KS2 result was higher than 5% of England primary schools that published results in 2024/25. Its absence rate was lower than 16% of England schools in 2024/25. Results reflect each cohort as well as the school, so treat rankings as a starting point.
- What is Thornhill Primary School's absence rate?
- Thornhill Primary School's overall absence rate is 8.1% in the latest published census, above the England average of 6.2%.
- What are Thornhill Primary School's exam results?
- Where the Department for Education has published them, Thornhill 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 15 July 2026.