Thurlow Voluntary Controlled Primary School | Primary in Haverhill, West Suffolk | Ofsted & DfE

73%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

11%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

73%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

11%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

73%

RWM expected · 2024/25

RWM higher · 2024/25

Pupils · 2024/25

EAL · 2024/25

11%

Persistent abs. · 2024/25

Ofsted inspection

Good

Ofsted inspection · 21/03/2023

Inadequate

Requires improvement

Good

Outstanding

Local authoritySuffolk

PhasePrimary

School typeMaintained school

Pupil : teacher ratio19.3:1

AdmissionsNot applicable

Religious characterChurch of England

StatusOpen

Overview of Thurlow Voluntary Controlled Primary School · Primary · Suffolk

How does this school perform?

Key Stage 2 · 2024/25 · trend since 2016/17

RWM expected standard

73%

80%67%53%

'17'18'19'23'25

'25 · 73%

RWM higher standard

17%9%0%

'17'18'19'23'25

'25 · 9%

Subject breakdown

Reading expected standard

100%

Reading higher standard

45%

Writing expected standard

73%

Writing higher standard

Maths expected standard

91%

Maths higher standard

27%

Science expected standard

100%

SPAG expected standard

82%

SPAG higher standard

36%

Reading scaled score

109.0

Maths scaled score

106.0

GPS scaled score

106.0

DfE did not publish reading, writing or maths progress for 2023/24 or 2024/25. These year groups had no KS1 assessments (cancelled in 2020 and 2021), so progress could not be calculated. Attainment figures above are still published.

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Pupils & context

2024/25

Pupils on roll

Pupil : teacher ratio

19.3

Workforce data · 2025/26

EAL

FSM eligible

15%

SEN

31%

Overall absence

Persistent absence

11%

Contact

Address

The Street, Little Thurlow, Haverhill, CB9 7HY

Local authority

Suffolk

Website

www.htpfederation.co.uk/index.php/thurlow

Telephone

01440783281

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History

All years · Historical DfE data by academic year

Primary — Key Stage 2

Reading, writing and maths attainment and progress scores from DfE.

Year	RWM expected	RWM higher	Reading exp.	Reading hi.	Writing exp.	Writing hi.	Maths exp.	Maths hi.	Science	SPAG exp.	Read. score	Maths score	GPS score	Reading prog.	Writing prog.	Maths prog.	SEN	Cohort
2024/25	73%	9%	100%	45%	73%	9%	91%	27%	100%	82%	109.0	106.0	106.0	—	—	—	31%	78
2023/24	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	Suppressed	—	—	—	12%	66
2022/23	67%	0%	67%	17%	67%	0%	67%	17%	67%	67%	108.0	107.0	105.0	-1.90	-2.10	-1.40	17%	59
2018/19	53%	13%	73%	27%	87%	27%	67%	20%	87%	73%	104.0	104.0	103.0	-1.20	+2.10	-1.50	12%	105
2017/18	80%	7%	93%	20%	93%	33%	80%	27%	100%	87%	108.0	105.0	105.0	+2.60	+2.80	+0.20	6%	109
2016/17	67%	17%	92%	33%	67%	25%	75%	33%	100%	67%	105.0	105.0	104.0	+2.60	+0.80	+2.40	3%	95

Pupils & absence

Year	Pupils	Pupil:teacher	SEN	EAL	FSM ever	Absence	Persistent absence
2024/25	78	14.6	31%	0%	15%	6%	11%
2023/24	66	16.1	12%	0%	17%	5%	13%
2022/23	59	15.5	17%	0%	15%	5%	18%
2021/22	73	14.9	18%	1%	8%	6%	9%
2020/21	86	18.3	22%	4%	7%	—	—
2018/19	105	29.2	12%	6%	5%	5%	6%
2017/18	109	22.7	6%	6%	8%	4%	6%
2016/17	95	19.4	3%	6%	4%	4%	8%