Arley Road, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire WA4 4RW
10 reasons to choose Appleton Thorn Primary School
Top line
Appleton Thorn Primary School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 69. It is one of the best state primary schools in Warrington and one of the 3 best independent or state primaries within 2 miles.
School fundamentals
Appleton Thorn Primary School is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 4 and 11 years. It is an academy converter. The school is one of the 11 members of The Challenge Academy Trust. Though Ofsted no longer makes an an overall effectiveness judgement, its graded judgements imply a Good rating for the school in its last (2025) inspection.
Average class size
Appleton Thorn Primary School has one class per year, and an average class size of 28 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Appleton Thorn Primary School ranks in the top 21% of schools in the country by attainment. By the same measure, progress score rank the school in the top 38% of schools.
The Appleton Thorn Primary School curriculum
School curriculum also includes PSHE, French. Core subjects are taught separately, but foundation subjects, such as geography and history, are taught within half-termly themes or topics. British Council’s International School Award for international learning activities. The school offers each child a handful of extra-curricular academic activities or hobby clubs.
More on the curriculum
There are regular educational trips for all year groups, visiting speakers, Forest School for all year groups and residential trips from Year 3.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at Appleton Thorn Primary School
School offers between 10 and 15 different sports over the course of the year. Representative teams in major sports from Year 3.
The Arts at Appleton Thorn Primary School
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. The school offers each pupil over 5 different extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs. Sing Up! Gold Award.
Wraparound care
Out of school hours care from 7.30am to 6.00pm.
Find another school near Appleton Thorn Primary School
Cransley Junior School (4.6 miles); The Grange Junior School, Hartford (8.8 miles); Altrincham Preparatory School (9 miles).
St Matthew’s Church of England Primary School, Stretton (1.5 miles); Grappenhall Heys Community Primary School (1.9 miles); Cherry Tree Primary School (3.7 miles).
Cransley School (4.6 miles); The Grange School, Hartford (8.7 miles); Tower College (11.2 miles).
Bridgewater High School (2.3 miles); Lymm High School (5.1 miles); Great Sankey High School (7.6 miles).