Pupils at Thornton Dale Primary are happy, polite and articulate members of the school family. They enjoy numerous opportunities to thrive and flourish in the school’s carefully crafted, nurturing environment. Pupils embody the school’s values of kindness, friendship and respect. Relationships between staff and pupils are highly positive. Pupils are at the heart of all that the school does. Staff value each pupil as an individual. Over time, the school has established extremely high expectations for all. Well-trained and talented staff ensure that all pupils have many opportunities to succeed and to meet these high expectations over time. Pupils achieve well, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). Pupils develop exemplary attitudes to one another. As a result, behaviour is highly positive across the school. Pupils’ empathy towards others is remarkable. They talk about the need to ‘take charge of yourself and respect and show tolerance to everyone’. Others talk about ‘uniqueness being like a superpower’. Parents and carers are overwhelmingly positive about the school. They appreciate the work that staff do to get to know their children. Parents’ comments about the school, such as ‘staff are caring and nurturing’ and that their children are ‘thriving in all areas of the school’, reflect the findings of the inspection team.