Community school · Primary
Thornton-Cleveleys · FY5 4JP · Lancashire
Ages 4–11
Status: Open
0.2 miles away
OpenPrimaryURN 149265
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Thornton Cleveleys
Academy converter · Thornton-Cleveleys · FY5 4HL
Phase
Primary
Age range
Ages 4–11
Pupils
186
Local authority
Lancashire
Age range
Ages 4–11
05111619
Provision snapshot
Based on official GIAS characteristics
1 / 6
- NurseryNo 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 converter (primary), Ages 4–11, in Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire, 186 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: academy. Free school meals: 18.3%. Religious character: Roman Catholic. Diocese: Diocese of Lancaster.
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Overview
- School type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Age range
- 4–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Status
- Open
- URN
- 149265
Location
- Address
- Heys Street, Thornton
- Postcode
- FY5 4HL
- Town
- Thornton-Cleveleys
- County
- Lancashire
- Local authority
- Lancashire
- District
- Wyre
- Constituency
- Blackpool North and Fleetwood
- 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
- 186
- Boys / girls
- 89 / 97
- School capacity
- 210
- Capacity fill
- 186 / 210 (89%)
- Free school meals
- 18.3%
- FSM pupils
- 34
- Gender
- Mixed
School characteristics
- Nursery provision
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarding
- No boarders
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Religious character
- Roman Catholic
- Diocese
- Diocese of Lancaster
- Governance
- Academy trust: THE BLESSED EDWARD BAMBER CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Academy trust
- THE BLESSED EDWARD BAMBER CATHOLIC MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
- Sponsor
- Diocese of Lancaster
Contact
- Headteacher
- Mr Paul Eaton
- Telephone
- 01253821392
Official links
Ofsted
Latest inspection outcomes from Ofsted monthly management information. Report-card grades use the current framework where published; older OEIF grades are shown when that is the latest graded inspection.
Headline
Expected standard
Inspection date
2026-02-10
- Achievement
- Expected standard
- Curriculum and teaching
- Expected standard
- Inclusion
- Expected standard
- Attendance and behaviour
- Strong standard
- Personal development and wellbeing
- Strong standard
- Leadership and governance
- Expected standard
- Safeguarding standards
- Met
Performance
Official school-level results from DfE school and college performance tables. Figures are not rankings — suppressed or unavailable values are omitted.
Key stage 2 (2023/24)
- Expected standard (RWM)
- 62%
- Higher standard (RWM)
- 17%
- Avg scaled score — reading
- 107.0
- Avg scaled score — maths
- 105.0
- Avg scaled score — GPS
- 106.0