West Thornton Primary School is a

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with academy status for pupils aged between 4 and 11 years. The school is located on Rosecourt Road, near

Purley Way Purley Way is a section of the A23 trunk road in the London Borough of Croydon The London Borough of Croydon () is a London borough, borough in South London, part of Outer London. It covers an area of and had a population of 397,741 as of ...

and off the Lombard roundabout in the

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. The school caters for pupils from

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. The school is close to the border of Croydon and the

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. It is also close to

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. The school was founded in 1896 as the Boston Road Schools (Infants, Junior Girls, Junior Boys). There are currently 615 pupils who attend the school. An

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report, released in November 2007, stated that "West Thornton Primary is a good and improving school with a number of outstanding features." and that "The driving force behind the school's success is the headteacher who provides inspirational leadership and has a very clear vision of what primary school education should be."http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/oxedu_reports/display/(id)/89511 The overall grade was 2 with a few areas rated as Outstanding (1)

References

External links

Official WebsiteWest Thornton Primary School - London Borough of CroydonPerformance Tables
Primary schools in the London Borough of Croydon Academies in the London Borough of Croydon {{London-school-stub