A warm welcome to the website 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 ​Symphony 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.

We believe it is important that parents, teachers and governors work together to ensure that the children in our care receive the best possible education and reach their full potential. There are many occasions when parents are invited to come to school but we also welcome informal visits and parental help in school. We are always pleased to discuss any matter concerning the school.

We are proud of the happy and caring atmosphere of our village school and the quality of learning which occurs. The experienced and dedicated staff seek to promote the academic, spiritual, physical and emotional development of the children in order to prepare them for the future stages of their education and all the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of adult life.

The school has gone through a significant period of change since September 2015. The Leadership Team was replaced with a new structure and the school entered the Symphony Learning Trust (Multi-Academy Trust) in order to provide the school to school support to secure its future. Up until recently the school was lead by the Executive Head teacher from Newcroft Primary Academy (and outstanding School in Shepshed) and a Head of School for day to day management. The hard work was rewarded with a Good Ofsted rating in March 2023. Thornton now has a more traditional leadership structure of Headteacher and its own leadership team.

We are focused on high expectations and hard work from staff and pupils alike and, above all, we want children to enjoy coming to school in Thornton.

The Symphony Learning Trust is a Multi-Academy Trust that places outstanding learning and teaching at the heart of all its activities. All Lead Schools and Partner Schools are committed to continuing to raise standards and to inspire young minds. In an ever-changing world, SLT are committed to provide balanced, inspirational and exciting learning experiences for our pupils, with our values of aspiration, effort, tolerance and integrity underpinning this drive. The Symphony Learning Trust Lead Schools have a proven track record of devising and leading national initiatives and highly effective School to School support. We are proud of the impact we have upon outcomes for children across schools.

To find out more about the Trust please click here