Thorney Close Primary School
Community school · Primary
Sunderland · SR3 4BB · Sunderland
Ages 3–11
Status: Open
0.4 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 138976
Hasting Hill Academy
Academy sponsor led · Sunderland · SR3 4LY
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 2–11
Pupils
238
Local authority
Sunderland
Age range
Ages 2–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- NurseryHas Nursery Classes
- Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
- BoardingNo boarders
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy sponsor led (primary), Ages 2–11, in Sunderland, Sunderland, 238 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: nursery, academy. Free school meals: 63.3%.
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Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 138976
Location
- Address
- Tilbury Road, Sunderland, Bexhill Academy
- Postcode
- SR3 4LY
- Town
- Sunderland
- Local authority
- Sunderland
- District
- Sunderland
- Constituency
- Houghton and Sunderland South
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Size & intake
Pupil numbers and free school meals come from the GIAS school census fields. Capacity fill is calculated when both pupils and capacity are published. Census date: 15 Jan 2026.
- Pupils on roll
- 238
- Boys / girls
- 114 / 124
- School capacity
- 350
- Capacity fill
- 238 / 350 (68%)
- Free school meals
- 63.3%
- FSM pupils
- 124
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- Has Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Governance
- Academy trust: WISE ACADEMIES
- Academy trust
- WISE ACADEMIES
- Sponsor
- WISE Academies
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Ruth Walton
- Telephone
- 01917070121