Thistle Hill Primary School
Academy sponsor led primary school in Sheerness (Kent).
KS2 RWM expected
49%
▼ 13pp England 2024/25: 62%
2024/25
Reading expected
59%
▼ 16pp England 2024/25: 75%
2024/25
Maths expected
59%
▼ 15pp England 2024/25: 74%
2024/25
Writing expected
76%
▲ 4pp England 2024/25: 72%
2024/25
Attendance rate
93.0%
▼ 2pp England 2024/25: 94.8%
2024/25 academic year
Pupil : Teacher
21.0
▲ 0.3 England 2025/26: 20.7
2025/26
Eligible for free school meals
49.9%
▲ 25pp England 2025/26: 24.9%
school census 15/01/2026
Capacity
83%
349 / 420 pupils
register figure (GIAS)
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
iWritten by WhatSchool from official school data (Get Information about Schools, DfE and Ofsted).Thistle Hill Academy is a primary school located in Sheerness, Kent. The school caters for boys and girls aged 4 to 11 and currently has 332 pupils on roll, with a capacity of 420. It is part of the THE STOUR ACADEMY TRUST. The school is led by Ms Rebecca Handebeaux.
Enrichment
10 activitiesiFound on the school website by WhatSchool. Not verified by Governance Register; the school website is the authority.- Archery
- Choir
- Climbing
- Computing
- Hockey
- Lego
- Mindfulness
- Minecraft
- Music
- Swimming
Key facts
- URN
- 140393
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Sixth form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Local authority
- Kent
- Constituency
- Sittingbourne and Sheppey
- Setting
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
- Opened
- 2015
Governing body
No governance records are published for this school in the DfE data we hold.
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