Thornton Primary School
Academy converter primary school in Coalville (Leicestershire).
Location
iSchool location from Get Information about Schools. Nearby schools are coloured by phase. Open Map+ for a full-screen map with neighbourhood deprivation (England only).About
Welcome to Thornton Primary School A warm Welcome to Thornton Primary School of Thornton Primary School. We are a small primary school in Leicestershire for pupils aged 4 to 11 years. We are a founding Academy of the Symphon y Learning Trust and work in close partnership with other schools within the Trust. As a small village primary school we know each pupil as an individual.
Our ethos is based on support, challenge and encouragement in which we have high expectations of all our children. We encourage care and respect for other people, their faiths and traditions. We help children develop lively enquiring minds to make decisions which affect their future and to understand other people's points of view.
We have a professional, dedicated and caring whole staff team and we believe is that we can make most improvement by working together.
In the school’s own words, from the school website.
Enrichment
15 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Archery
- Badminton
- Basketball
- Book Club
- Choir
- Cooking
- Football
- Gymnastics
- Lego
- Music
- Netball
- Swimming
- Table Tennis
- Tennis
- Yoga
Key facts
- URN
- 140253
- Type
- Academy converter
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Leicestershire
- Constituency
- Mid Leicestershire
- Setting
- Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2013
Governing body (7 current, 0 former)
iAcademy trust: local governing body and trust board.Leadership
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Mary Hirst | Chair of Local Governing Body | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
Full governing body
| Name | Role | How appointed | Term |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tracey McLean | Local Governance Professional - Individual Academy or Free SchoolGovernance professional | since 2025 | |
| Mrs Kimberly Brook Drummond | Local Governor | Parent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidates | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Andrea Hall | Local Governor | Appointed by GB/board | since 2024 · until 2028 |
| Mrs Dominique Nicholson | Local Governor | Parent appointed by GB/board due to no election candidates | since 2019 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mr Joshua Simpson | Local Governor | Elected by school staff | since 2019 · until 2027 ends 2027 |
| Mrs Sarah Acton | Local Governor | Ex-officio by virtue of office as headteacher/principal | since 2018 |
Source: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools (governance records, as at 25 October 2026). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Names are shown as published; there are no addresses or contact details. Current and former are worked out from term end dates when the page loads. Object or ask for removal · Report an issue with this record