West Thornton Primary School

Last updated

West Thornton Primary School
Location
West Thornton Primary School
Rosecourt Road

Croydon
,
Greater London
,
CR0 3BS

England
Information
Type Academy
Local authorityCroydon
Department for Education URN 147971 Tables
Ofsted Reports
Head teacherStuart Roberts
Gender Coeducational
Age4to 11
Website http://www.westthornton.croydon.sch.uk/

West Thornton Primary School is a primary school with academy status for pupils aged between 4 and 11 years. The school is located on Rosecourt Road, near Purley Way and off the Lombard roundabout in the London Borough of Croydon. The school caters for pupils from Reception to Year 6. The school is close to the border of Croydon and the London Borough of Merton. It is also close to Croydon Cemetery. The school was founded in 1896 as the Boston Road Schools (Infants, Junior Girls, Junior Boys).

There are currently 615 pupils who attend the school. An Ofsted report, released in November 2007, stated that "West Thornton Primary is a good and improving school with a number of outstanding features." and that "The driving force behind the school's success is the headteacher who provides inspirational leadership and has a very clear vision of what primary school education should be." [1] The overall grade was 2 with a few areas rated as Outstanding (1)

References

51°23′14″N0°07′20″W / 51.3873°N 0.1223°W / 51.3873; -0.1223


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.