Station Road, Thornton-Cleveleys, Lancashire FY5 5HY
10 reasons to choose Baines Endowed School
Top line
Baines Endowed School has a Schoolsmith Score® of 68. It is one of the best state primary schools in Thornton-Cleveleys and one of the 4 best independent or state primaries within 2 miles.
School fundamentals
Baines Endowed School is a state primary school for boys and girls (50%/50%) between the ages of 4 and 11 years. It is a voluntary controlled school. The school was also rated as Good by Ofsted in its last (2011) inspection. It is one of the 20 most oversubscribed state primary schools for first preference Reception place applications in the Lancashire LEA.
Average class size
Baines Endowed School has one class per year, and an average class size of 29 pupils.
Exam results
Average Year 6 SATS results from 2016-19 and 2022 show that Baines Endowed School achieves above average attainment results. By the same measure, progress scores have been variable around the national average, possibly reflecting different cohorts’ ability profiles.
The Baines Endowed School curriculum
School curriculum also includes PSHE, French. There is topic-based and thematic teaching for some foundation subjects. 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 and visiting speakers.
Specialist teaching
Most lessons are taught by the class teacher with some peripatetic and specialist teaching.
Sport at Baines Endowed 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 Baines Endowed School
Art and music are taught as discrete subjects to all pupils. DT, drama, dance integrated into other subjects. Choir. There are some extra-curricular creative and performing arts clubs.
Wraparound care
Out of school hours care from 7.45am to 5.30pm provided by an external contractor.
Find another school near Baines Endowed School
Rossall Preparatory School (3.2 miles); Kirkham Grammar Junior, Infant & Pre-School (9.4 miles); The St Anne’s College Grammar School, Junior School (10.5 miles).
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Thornton Cleveleys (0.9 miles); Carleton St Hilda’s Church of England Primary School (1.8 miles); Kincraig Primary School (1.8 miles).
Rossall School (3.2 miles); Kirkham Grammar School (9.1 miles); The St Anne’s College Grammar School (10.5 miles).
Blackpool and the Fylde College (1.8 miles); Hodgson Academy (2 miles); St Bede’s Catholic High School (10.9 miles).