Thornhill Primary School
Grove Road, Dunstable, LU5 5PE
516 pupils · 78% of 660 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Community school
- Ages
- 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Local authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Free school meals
- 17.1%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 21 January 2025, published 2 March 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 68% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 10% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Roughly one first choice per place — 1.04 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 89 | 93 | 188 | 89 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 65 | 59 | 97 | 65 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 61 | 52 | 101 | 58 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 51 | 44 | 73 | 49 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 37 | 36 | 60 | 37 |
| Sept 2021 entry | 21 | 21 | 39 | 21 |
| Sept 2020 entry | 25 | 24 | 44 | 25 |
| Sept 2019 entry | 30 | 33 | 52 | 30 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Lime Tree Primary Academy 0.7 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- St Vincent's Catholic Primary School 1 km · Good — confirmed 2022 · previous system
- Tithe Farm Primary School 1.1 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Chalton Lower School 1.2 km · Good — confirmed 2023 · previous system
- Thomas Whitehead Church of England Academy 1.5 km · No overall grade (2025)
- Houghton Regis Primary School 1.9 km · No overall grade (2025)
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.