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Thistle Hill Academy

Primary Academy school in Sheerness ME12 3UD

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  • School Reference Number: 140393
  • Address: Aspen Drive, Minster-on-Sea, Sheerness ME12 3UD
  • Headteacher: Ms Rebecca Handebeaux
  • Telephone: 01795 899119
  • Website: thistlehill.kent.sch.uk
  • Managing Organisation: The Stour Academy Trust
  • Type: Academies
  • Sub-Type: Academy sponsor led
  • Phase: Primary
  • Pupil Capacity: 420
  • Local Education Authority: Kent
  • Gender: Mixed
  • Age Range: 4 to 11
  • Admissions Policy: Not applicable
  • Active From: September 2015* (New Provision)

* Active From and To dates don't necessarily mean that a school opened or closed on those dates. Schools are allocated a new Reference Number when they change status in any way, for example when a local authority school converts to an academy or when schools are combined or merged.

Further Information

Latest Ofsted Rating

Inspected on 26/04/2022

Rating published on 21/09/2022

Overall effectiveness: Requires Improvement

Quality of education: Requires Improvement

Behaviour and attitudes: Good

Personal development: Good

Effectiveness of leadership and management: Requires Improvement

Early years provision: Good

All Ofsted Reports

Inspection DatePublication DateInspection TypeRatingPDF Link
5 November 2024 2 December 2024 School inspection
20 June 2024 15 July 2024 Monitoring visit
26 April 2022 21 September 2022 School inspection Requires Improvement
22 May 2018 5 July 2018 Full inspection Requires Improvement

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Information on this page is sumarised from two sources: EduBase, which is the government database of schools in England and Wales, and Ofsted, which is responsible for inspecting schools and educational establishments in England. You can view the full, unedited data from these providers below. Ofsted data will only be available for currently active registrations and recently closed registrations.

Unique Reference Number140393
Local Authority Code886
Local Authority NameKent
Establishment Number2034
School / College NameThistle Hill Academy
Establishment Type Code28
Establishment typeAcademy sponsor led
Establishment Type Group Code10
Establishment Type GroupAcademies
Establishment Status Code1
Establishment statusOpen
Reason Establishment Opened Code06
Reason establishment openedNew Provision
Open date01-09-2015
Reason Establishment Closed Code99
Reason establishment closed
Close date
Phase Of Education Code 2
Phase of educationPrimary
Age range Low4
Age range High11
Boarders Code1
BoardersNo boarders
Nursery provisionNo Nursery Classes
Official Sixth Form Code2
Official sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
Gender Code3
Gender of entryMixed
Religious Character Code00
Religious characterDoes not apply
Religious ethosNone
Diocese Code0000
DioceseNot applicable
Admissions Policy Code0
Admissons policyNot applicable
School capacity420
Special Classes Code0
Special classesNot applicable
Census Date18-01-2024
Number of Pupils352
Number of Boys169
Number of Girls183
Percentage Free School Meals45.70
Trust School Flag Code3
Trust School Flag Supported by a multi-academy trust
Trusts Code4850
Academy trust or TrustTHE STOUR ACADEMY TRUST
School Sponsor FlagLinked to a sponsor
Academy sponsorThe Stour Academy Trust
Federation FlagNot applicable
Federations Code
Federation
UKPRN10053864
FEHE Identifier
Further education typeNot applicable
Last Changed Date16-01-2025
StreetAspen Drive
LocalityMinster-on-Sea
Address3
TownSheerness
County (name)Kent
PostcodeME12 3UD
Websitehttp://www.thistlehill.kent.sch.uk
Telephone01795899119
Headteacher/Principal titleMs
Headteacher/Principal first nameRebecca
Headteacher/Principal last nameHandebeaux
Headteacher/Principal Job TitleHeadteacher
BSO Inspectorate NameNot applicable
Inspectorate Report
Date of Last Inspection Visit
Next Inspection Visit
Teenage mothers provisionNot applicable
Teenage mothers capacity
Childcare facilities provision
SEN facilitiesNot applicable
Pupils with EBDNot applicable
Number of places
Full time provision
Pupils educated by other providers
Section 41 approvedNot applicable
SEN provision
Type of resourced provisionResourced provision
Resourced provision number on roll10
Resourced provision capacity14
SEN unit number on roll
SEN unit capacity
Government Office Region CodeJ
Government Office RegionSouth East
District CodeE07000113
DistrictSwale
Ward CodeE05009561
WardSheppey Central
Parliamentary Constituency CodeE14001474
Parliamentary ConstituencySittingbourne and Sheppey
Urban/Rural CodeC1
Urban/Rural Description(England/Wales) Urban city and town
GSS LA CodeE10000016
Easting594815
Northing172145
Middle Super Output Area (MSOA)Swale 004
Lower Super Output Area (LSOA)Swale 004H
Inspectorate Name
Number of special pupils under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Number of special pupils not under a special educational needs (SEN) statement/education, health and care (EHC) plan
Boarding Establishment
Proprietor's Name
Previous Local Authority Code999
Previous local authority
Previous establishment number
Country
UPRN10023203143
Site Name
QAB Code0
QAB NameNot applicable
Establishment Accredited Code0
Establishment AccreditedNot applicable
QAB Report
CH Number
MSOA CodeE02005118
LSOA CodeE01035298
Free School Meals161
Accreditation Expiry Date
URN140393
Web Linkhttp://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/inspection-reports/find-inspection-report/provider/ELS/140393
LAESTAB8862034
School nameThistle Hill Academy
Ofsted phasePrimary
Type of educationAcademy Sponsor Led
School open date01/09/2015
Admissions policyNot applicable
Sixth formDoes not have a sixth form
Designated religious characterDoes not apply
Religious ethosNone
Faith groupingNon-faith
Ofsted regionSouth East
RegionSouth East
Local authorityKent
Parliamentary constituencySittingbourne and Sheppey
Multi-academy trust UID4850
Multi-academy trust nameThe Stour Academy Trust
Academy sponsor UID5037
Academy sponsor nameThe Stour Academy Trust
PostcodeME12 3UD
Number of warning notices issued in 2023/24 academic yearN/A
The income deprivation affecting children index (IDACI) quintile4
Total number of pupils352
Statutory lowest age4
Statutory highest age11
Latest ungraded inspection number since last graded inspectionN/A
Does the ungraded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?N/A
URN at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
LAESTAB at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
School name at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
School type at time of the ungraded inspectionN/A
Number of ungraded inspections since the last graded inspectionN/A
Date of latest ungraded inspectionN/A
Ungraded inspection publication dateN/A
Did the latest ungraded inspection convert to a graded inspection?N/A
Ungraded inspection overall outcomeN/A
Number of monitoring and urgent inspections since last graded inspection1
Inspection number of latest graded inspection10227333
Inspection typeRequires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
Inspection type groupingRequires Improvement S5 Reinspection Visit 1
Event type groupingSchools - S5
Inspection start date26/04/2022
Publication date21/09/2022
Does the latest graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of latest graded inspection140393
LAESTAB at time of latest graded inspection8862034
School name at time of latest graded inspectionThistle Hill Academy
School type at time of latest graded inspectionAcademy Sponsor Led
Current school type used for chart C6Academy sponsor led
Overall effectivenessRequires Improvement
Category of concernN/A
Quality of educationRequires Improvement
Behaviour and attitudesGood
Personal developmentGood
Effectiveness of leadership and managementRequires Improvement
Safeguarding is effective?Yes
Early years provisionGood
Sixth form provisionN/A
Previous inspection number10046584
Previous inspection start date22/05/2018
Previous publication date05/07/2018
Does the previous graded inspection relate to the URN of the current school?Yes
URN at time of previous graded inspection140393
LAESTAB at time of previous graded inspection8862034
School name at time of previous graded inspectionThistle Hill Academy
School type at time of previous graded inspectionAcademy Sponsor Led
Previous graded inspection overall effectiveness3
Previous category of concernN/A
Previous quality of educationN/A
Previous behaviour and attitudesN/A
Previous personal developmentN/A
Previous effectiveness of leadership and managementRequires Improvement
Previous safeguarding is effective?Yes
Previous early years provisionGood
Previous sixth form provisionN/A

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