| Headteacher | Stuart Roberts |
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| Location | Rosecourt Road Croydon Greater London CR0 3BS England |
| DfE number | ???/3268 |
| DfE URN | 103268 |
| Ofsted | Reports |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Ages | 4–11 |
| Website | www.westthornton.croydon.sch.uk |
West Thornton Primary School is a primary school for pupils aged between 4 and 11 years. The school is located on Rosecourt Road near Purley Way around Thornton Heath Pond. The Local Education Authority for the school is the London Borough of Croydon. The school caters for pupils from Reception to Year 6. The school is close to the border of Croydon and the London Borough of Merton. It is also close to Croydon Cemetery. West Thornton Primary School, formally the Boston Road Schools (Infants, Junior Girls, Junior Boys) was founded in 1896. The uniform for the school includes, for girls, a white blouse or turtle-neck shirt in gold, green cardigan/jumper, green skirt or pinafore dress, green or yellow summer dress, white socks or green tights, tie, sensible school shoes. For boys the uniform is mostly the same, except for the grey trousers. The current headteacher for the school is Mr. Stuart Roberts, when Mr Peter Westlake left. Many of the students go through to great schools like Whitgift, Wallington, Wilsons etc.
There are currently 615 pupils who attend the school. The last Ofsted report, 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."[1] The overall grade was 2 with a few areas rated as Outstanding (1)
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