Thursfield Primary School
Primary schoolThursfield Primary School is a primary school in Newcastle-under-Lyme, for pupils aged 2 to 11. It had 315 pupils at the school census in January 2026.
Ofsted
Latest inspections as at 30 September 2026Standards maintained, January 2025
Before that: Good (overall), September 2019
- Inspection
- Graded inspection, 18 September 2019
- Overall effectiveness
- Good
- Quality of education
- Good
- Behaviour and attitudes
- Good
- Personal development
- Good
- Leadership and management
- Good
- Latest ungraded inspection
- Standards maintained, 22 January 2025
Outcomes as Ofsted published them. Report cards (from November 2025) give no overall grade, and grades under different frameworks can’t be compared.
Results
Department for EducationIn 2024/25, 70% of pupils at Thursfield Primary School met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths, against 63% in Staffordshire and 62% in England.
30% reached the higher standard (8% in England).
End of primary school (KS2)
2024/25| Measure | This school | Staffordshire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths | 70% | 63% | 62% |
| Reached the higher standard | 30% | 7% | 8% |
| Average scaled score in reading | 108 | 106 | 106 |
| Average scaled score in maths | 106 | 105 | 105 |
- Progress scores from KS1 to KS2 were not published for 2024/25, because the KS1 tests that give the starting point were cancelled in 2020 and 2021.
- Results reflect the pupils a school admits as well as its teaching, and a year's results can move a lot in a small school.
Schools nearby
In a straight line- Packmoor Ormiston AcademyPrimary. Standards maintained, January 2025. 66% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.3 km
- Castle Primary SchoolPrimary. Good (overall), June 2023. 50% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.4 km
- Woodcocks' Well CofE Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, July 2026: safeguarding met. 33% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.6 km
- Kidsgrove Secondary SchoolSecondary. Good (overall), April 2023. Attainment 8 of 37.1 (2025/26, provisional)1.6 km
- Kidsgrove Primary SchoolPrimary. Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met. 33% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)1.6 km
- Dove Bank Primary SchoolPrimary. School remains Good, February 2023. 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25)2 km
Admissions and catchments are set by councils and schools, which Open Index doesn’t map. Every school in Newcastle-under-Lyme
Where these figures come from
- Schools: the school lists of the Department for Education, the Welsh Government and the Scottish Government, with Ofsted’s latest inspections for England.
- Results: the Department for Education’s school performance tables (Open Government Licence).